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HIS   GRACE   THE    MOST   REV.  M.  A.  CORRIGAN,  D.D. 
ARCHBISHOP   OF   NEW  YORK. 


THE   H  ISTORY 


ST.  lOSEPH^S  SEMINARY 


M  H  W    YORK 


NEW    YORK 

THE  CATHEDRAL   LIHKARV  ASSOCIAIION 

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NOTE    TO   SECOND   EDITION. 

Many  changes  have  occurred  since  the  First 
Edition  of  this  book  was  issued.  The  Right 
Rev.  Monsignor  Preston,  D.I).,  (p.  3)  and  the 
Right  Rev.  Bishop  of  Curium  (p.  10)  ha\e  died. 
On  page  i  1,  4th  hne,  read  "afterward  Bishop 
to  Clogher"  for  "present  Bishop,  etc.,".  In  our 
hst  of  Priests  ordained  in  St.  Joseph's  Sem- 
inar)', Troy,  it  will  be  necessary  to  observe 
that  the  following  are  dead  : 

REV.   McCAULEY.  JOHN. 
REV.   BAXTER,   HENRY 
REV.  CALLAGHAN.   MICHAEL, 
REV.   (iOODWIN,   BERNARD, 

BYRON  JOSEPH, 

FOY.   WILLIAM, 

FITZHARRIS,  JOHN, 

HOGAN,   WILLIAM, 

FARRELL,  WILLIAM, 

KELLY.   HUGH, 

ANTONI,   CHARLES. 
REV.  O'CALLAGHAN,    GEOR(iE, 
REV.  CLANCY.  ANDREW. 

McGILL,  WILLIAM, 

BUTLER  WILLIAM, 

KELLY  WILLIAM. 

ev.   Monsignor   Mooney  (p.' 7  i ) 


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has  become  a  Right  Rev.  Domestic  Prelate. 

The  thanks  of  the  Catholics  of  New  York 
are  especially  due  to  Mr.  John  Mullaly,  whose 
self-sacrificing  labors  as  editor  of  The  Seminary, 
caused  a  knowledge  of  the  work  doing  for  the 
Seminar)-  to  be  so  widely  known. 

We  are  particularly  indebted  to  Mr.  Frank 
l^arshley.  Photographer,  for  his  kindness  in 
giving  us  permission  to  reproduce  for  this 
book  his  magnificent  pictures  of  the  new  Sem- 
inar)-. 


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preface. 

The  following  history  oi  tlie  Diocesan  Seminary 
of  New  York  has  been  compiled  Irom  the  most 
authentic  records  accessible.  The  compiler  is 
much  indebted  to  His  Grace,  the  Most  Rev. 
Archbishop  ot  New  York,  to  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop 
of   Rochester,  the   Rt.   Rev.   Monsignor    Preston. 

D.  D.,  the  Rt.  Rev.  John  M.  Farley.  I).  D.,  Aux- 
iliary Bishop  of  New  York,  the  Rt.    Rev.  Charles 

E.  McDonnell,  D.  D..  Bishop  oi  Brooklyn,  for 
much  of  the  information  that  is  embodied  herein. 
He  has  also  consulted  "The  Historv  of  the 
Catholic  Church  in  New  York,"  b\  .Vrchbishop 
Bavlev,    "  The   Historv  of   the   Catholic  Church 


4  PREFACE. 

in  the  United  States,"  Vol.  III.,  by  Gilmary  Shea, 
Scharf's  "  History  of  Westchester  County,"  Bol- 
ton's "  History  of  Westchester  County,"  Has- 
sard's  "  Life  of  Archbishop  Hughes,"  together 
with  the  records  of  the  Chancery  Office  of  New 
York.  To  all  these  authorities  he  wishes  to  ac- 
knowledge his  indebtedness.  The  book  has  had 
the  advantage  of  thorough  revision,  and  conse- 
quently is  put  forth  as  an  accurate  record  of 
the  history  of  the  Seminary  of  this  Diocese.  For 
the  photographs  from  which  the  engravings  have 
been  made,  he  is  indebted  to  the  Rev.  John  J. 
Scully,  S.  J.,  President  of  St.  John's  College, 
Fordham,  the  Rev.  William  Livingston,  of  the 
Troy  Seminary,  Mr.  John  D.  Crimmins,  Mr. 
William  Schickel,  and  Mr.  William  Hurst. 


FJLIiT    X. 


Ibistorv^  of  tbe  Semiuari^  of  1Re\v  l!)orft. 


History  of  tbe  Hirst  ^eminary. 

In  1833,  Bishop  Dubois  built  at  Nyack  on  the 
Hudson  River,  a  college  on  the  plan  of  Mount  St. 
Mary's,  Emmittsburg,  combining  both  the  theolo- 
gical and  collegiate  course  of  studies.  The  corner- 
stone of  this,  New  York's  first  Seminary,  was 
laid  on  the  29th  of  May,  1833,  b}^  the  Bishop. 
The  institution  did  not  prosper,  and  when  it  was 
destroyed  by  fire  before  it  was  quite  finished. 
the  Bishop  expressed  himself,  (^n  the  whole, 
as  rather  satisfied  than  discouraged.  The  future 
Cardinal,  McCloskey,  not  yet  ordained,  was  des- 
tined by  Dr.  Dubois  to  be  the  first  President  of  the 
Nyack  Seminary,  In  order  to  finish  his  studies 
he  was  allowed  to  go  to  Europe,  with  the  under- 


6  SOUVENIR. 

standing  that  he  was  to  take  charge  of  the  Semin- 
ary on  his  return.  A  second  attempt  was  made 
shortly  afterwards  to  build  a  Diocesan  Seminary  in 
Brooklyn.  The  stone  was  transported  from  the 
ruins  at  Nyack  to  the  site  oi  the  new  Seminary. 
It  would  appear  that  Mr.  Cornelius  Heeney  *  had 
offered  some  lots  for  tlie  erection  of  a  college  ; 
but,  as  he  afterwards  was  unwilling  to  give  the 
proper  deed  until  the  building  was  completed,  the 
project  was  abandoned.  In  the  meantime,  Bishop 
Hughes,  then  the  coadjutor  of  Bishop  Dubois, 
had  set  about  founding  a  theological  Seminary 
at  Grovemount,  Lafargeville,  Jefferson  County,  in 
the  extreme  northwestern  part  of  New  York,  near 

*  Mr.  Cornelius  Heeney  was  a  distinguished  Catholic,  and  benefactor 
of  the  Orphans.  He  lived  in  Water  Street,  New  York,  until  1835, 
when  he  maiie  Brooklyn  his  home.  His  house  was  a  home  for 
ori)hans,  and  he  always  had  some  living  with  him,  whose  prospeiity 
in  life  he  secured  as  far  as  possible.  Every  year,  he  brought  the 
children  ot  the  Orphan  Asylums  of  New  York  to  visit  his  orchaid  in 
Brooklyn  when  the  fruit  was  ripe.  When  the  Catholics  in  Brooklyn 
wished  to  build  a  church,  he  offered  a  site,  and  subsequently  gave  the 
ground  for  St.  Paul's  Church.  In  1S39,  he  gave  the  Orphan  .\sylum 
in  Brooklyn  $18,000.  He  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Cath- 
olic Half  Orphan  Asylum  in  New  York.  He  died  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
four,  leaving  his  entire  estate  to  the  poor  nnd  the  orphans. 


SOUVENIR.  7 

the  Thousand  Islands,  in  the  St.  Lawrence  River. 
Bishop  Dubois  approved  the  undertaking,  because 
trom  his  hap[)y  experience  at  Ennnittsburg,  he 
was  in  favor  of  placing  Seminaries  as  far  as 
possible  from  the  excitements  and  temptations  of 
large  cities.  Lafargeville  was  three  hundred 
miles  from  New  ^'ork,  and  well  removed  from 
all  great  lines  of  communication.  The  property 
consisted  of  four  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  ex- 
cellent lime-stone  land,  with  buildings  in  quahty 
superior,  in  extent  not  much  inferior,  to  Mount 
St.  Mary's.  These  buildings  w^ere  put  up  in  1834 
and  1835  by  Mr.  Lafarge,  at  a  cost  of  $30,000. 
The  land  itself  was  valued  at  from  $35  to  $40  an 
acre ;  and  the  whole  was  purchased  by  Bishop 
Hughes  for  $20,000. 

After  the  Broi^klvn  plan  had  been  abandoned,  it 
was  determined  to  make  the  Lafargeville  establish- 
ment a  college  for  secular  education  as  well  as  a 
theological  school.  It  was  opened  under  the 
name  of  "St.  Vincent  of  Paul's  Seminary,"  Sep- 
tember  20th,    1838.   bv    the    Rev.    Messrs.    Guth, 


8  SOUVENIR. 

Moran,  and  Heas,  and  three  tutors.  The}'  began 
with  six  young  men  and  two  boys,  A  short  trial 
convinced  the  Bishop  that  Lafargeyille  would 
never  succeed  as  a  house  of  general  education. 
He  sold  this  property  to  his  brother,  and  it 
is  still  in  the  possession  of  the  Hughes  family. 
Shortly  afterward  he  found  a  suitable  place  for 
the  establishment  of  a  new  college  at  Fordham,  in 
Westchester  County,  about  ten  miles  from  New 
York.  The  estate,  called  Rose  Hill,  was  a  beauti- 
ful spot.  The  buildings  consisted  of  an  unfinished 
stone  house,  on  the  summit  of  a  gentle  eminence, 
and  an  old  wooden  farm-house,  which  had  been, 
in  its  day,  rather  a  fashionable  mansion.  A  beauti- 
ful lawn,  some  fifteen  or  twenty  acres  in  extent, 
occupied  the  slope  in  front  of  these  buildings,  and 
along  the  edge  of  it  was  a  fringe  of  magnificent 
elm  trees,  the  seeds  of  which  had  been  brought 
from  Holyrood  Palace.  Behind  the  stone  build- 
ing lay  a  large  and  prc^ductive  farm,  and  back  of 
that  a  beautiful  wood,  through  which  ran  the 
River  Bronx.     Rose  Hill  besides  had  many  his- 


SOUVENIR.  9 

torical  associations,  as  it  was  near  Fordham 
Heights,  celebrated  in  Revolutionary  History  as 
part  of  the  position  occupied  by  General  Washing- 
ton before  the  Battle  of  White  Plains  in  1776;  and 
a  mound  of  earth,  covering  the  remains  of  a  number 
of  soldiers,  was  a  conspicuous  spot  on  the  north 
side  of  the  lawn,  seeming  to  indicate  that  a  skirm- 
ish had  taken  place  on  or  near  the  estate.  While 
the  American  Congress  was  in  session  in  New  York 
just  after  the  peace  of  1783,  Rose  Hill  was  the 
residence  of  the  celebrated  Lady  Mary  Watts, 
the  daughter  of  Lord  Stirling,  and  the  old  farm- 
house must  have  witnessed  in  those  days  many  a 
brilliant  scene  of  gaiety  and  fashion. 

The  cost  of  Rose  Hill  was  about  $30,000.  To 
fit  the  buildings  for  the  reception  of  students  cost 
$10,000  more.  The  Bishop,  who  had  not  a  pcnnv 
to  meet  these  expenses,  concluded  the  bargain,  and 
immediately  opened  subscriptions  throughout  the 
Diocese.  A  large  part  of  the  money  was  obtained 
in  this  way  by  voluntary  subscription.  The 
churches  in  the  citv  of  New   York  showed   their 


lo  SOUVENIR. 

conlidencs  in  him  by  subscribing  at  once  more 
than  ten  thousand  dollars.  A  considerable  sum 
was  collected  in  Europe,  and  the  rest  was  finally 
raised  b}'  loans  in  small  amounts,  for  which  inter- 
est was  paid  at  the  rate  ol  5  per  cent. 
•  The  Seminar\  was  removed  from  Lafargeville 
to  Fordham  in  the  Autumn  of  1840,  and  opened 
with  lourteen  Seminarists,  Rev.  Felix  Vilanis 
being  Superior;  and  the  College  was  opened  in 
June,  1841,  with  the  following  faculty: 

President,  and  Professor  of  Rhetorie  and  Belles- 
lettres,  Rk\'.  John  McCi.oskkv,  (afterwards  Cardi- 
nal Archbishop  of  New  York);  Viee-Presideut,  and 
Professor  of  Greek  and  Mathematics,  Rev.  Ambi-IOSE 
MaNAHAN,  D.  D.  :  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy, 
\\^\ .  Fei.IX  VlLA.xrs,  D.  D. ;  Treasurer,  and  Pro 
fessor  of  Natural  Philosophy  and  Chemistry,  Rev 
Edwakh  O'Neill;  Professor  of  Spanish,  Rev 
Bernard  A.  Llanez  ;  Professor  of  Latin,  Mr 
John  J.  CoXRrn',  (now  Bishop  of  Curium);  Pre 
feet  of  Diseipliue,  and  Professor  of  Book-keeping, 
Mr.    John    HarLKV  ;    Professor    of   German,    Mr. 


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Oertel;  Professor  of  French,  Mr.  McDonai.I). 

There  were,  besides  these,  six  tutors. 

It  had  been  Bishop  Hughes'  intention  to  make 
Father  Donnelh',  the  present  Bishop  of  Clogher, 
Ireland,  the  first  president;  but  his  Bishop  re- 
fused to  allow  him  to  accept  the  position.  Father 
McCloskey  was,  therefore,  made  president  pro- 
visionally, he,  in  the  meanwhile,  remaining  Pastor 
of  St.  Joseph's  Church. 

The  Seminary  was  placed  under  the  patronage 
of  St.  Joseph,  the  College  under  that  of  St.  John 
the  Baptist.  1  he  Seminarists  occupied  at  first  a 
small  stone  dwelling-house,  west  of  the  College. 
The  large  building  afterwards  used  by  the  Semi- 
nary, and  the  church  adjoining  it,  were  begun  in 
1845.  Bisho])  Hughes  not  only  labored  inde- 
fatigably  to  raise  money  for  the  foundation  and 
support  of  St.  Joseph's,  but  also  devoted  to  that 
institution  a  considerable  part  of  his  own  salary. 

During  the  second  year  of  its  existence,  the 
Seminary  had  thirty  students,  nineteen  pursuing 
the  theological  course.       vSt.  John's  College  had 


12  SOUVENIR. 

fifty  pupils,  and  soon  gained  the  confidence  of 
Catholic  parents.  One  of  its  first  presidents,  the 
Rev.  John  Harley,  a  man  of  singular  ability,  and 
universally  esteemed,  did  much  to  extend  its 
influence. 

As  it  was  found  impracticable  to  secure  a  per- 
manent secular  faculty,  the  Bishop  determined  to 
transfer  the  management  to  the  Jesuit  Fathers ; 
and  in  the  autumn  of  1846,  a  number  of  them  who 
had  been  previously  emploved  in  the  diocese  of 
Louisville,  arrived  and  took  charge  of  it.  The 
State  Legislature  had  granted  a  charter  to  the 
institution  on  the  17th  of  March,  1845,  conferring 
universit}'  privileges  upon  it.  The  first  com- 
mencement for  conferring  degrees,  was  held  on 
the  15th  of  July,  1845,  'iftei'  which  the  College 
was  committed  to  the  Jesuits.  The  Rev.  Auguste 
Thebaud  was  the  first  president  imder  the  Society. 
In  1851,  he  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  John 
Larkin. 

The  following  list  of  priests  ordained  at  Lafarge- 
ville  and  Fordham  from  1841   to   1853  taken   from 


SOUVENIR. 
Bishop  Bayley's  History,  will  be  of  interest 

Rev.  Miles  Maxwell,  Lafargeville  and  Kordham. 

Rev.  J.  Mackay,  Fordham. 

Rev.  B.  L.  Laniza,  Lafargeville  and  Fordham. 

Rev.  Chas.  D.  McMullen,  " 

Rev.  Carberry  J.  Byrne,  Fordham. 

Rev.  Anthony  Farley.  Lafargeville  and  Fordham. 


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FORDHAM. 

Rev.  Francis  Donahue. 
Rev.  Isaac  P.  Howel. 
Rev.  Michael  McDonnell. 
Most    Rf.v.  James  Roosf. 

VELT  Bavlev. 
Rev.  William  McC'lellan. 
Rev.  Michael   Curran.Ji'. 
Rev.  Michael  Riordan. 
Rev.  John  Hackett. 
Rev.  John  Sheridan. 
Rev.  Thomas  McFlro) . 
Rev.  William  O'Reilly. 
Rev.  Sylvester  Malone. 
Rev.  Matthew  Higgin^. 


Rev.  George  McCloskey. 

Rev.  Patrick  Kenny. 

Rr.    Rev.    F.    P.    McFar- 

I.AND. 

Rev.  Valentine  Burgos. 
Rev.  Patrick  McKenna. 
Rev.  John  J.  McMenoniy. 
Rt.  Rev.  William  Quinn. 
Rev.  Patrick  Murphy. 
Kev.  James  Hourigan. 
Rev.  Eugene  Maguire. 
Rev.  Thomas  Daly. 
Kev.  John  Curoe. 
Rev.  Dennis  Wheeler. 


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SOUVENfR. 


Rev.  James  O'Sullivan. 
Rt.  Rev.  B.  J.  McQuAiD. 
Rev.  John  M.  Murphy. 
Rev.  John  Boyle. 
Rev.  Edward  Reilly. 
Rev.  John  Quinn. 
Rev.  Stephen  Sheridan. 
Rev.  Thomas  Dunn. 
Rev.  John  Raufeisen. 
Rev.  Thomas  Doran. 
Rev.  John  Carroll. 
Rev.  Henry  O'Neill. 
Rev.  Patrick  McCarthy. 
Rev.  Michael  Madden. 
Rev.  Hugh  Sweenv. 


Rev.  John  Comerford. 
Rt.  Rev.  T.  S.  Preston. 
K.ev.  John  Regan. 
Rev.  Eugene  Cassidy. 
Rev.  Thomas  McLaughlin. 
Rev.  James  Coyle. 
Rev.  Titus  Joslin. 
Rev.  Cornelius   Delahunty. 
Rt.  Rev.  A.  J.  Donnelly. 
Rev.  Patrick  Egan. 
Rev.  Bernard  Farrell. 
Rev.  Patrick  McGovern. 
Rev.  Thomas  Mooney. 
Rev.  William  Everett. 
Rev.  Francis  McKeone. 


The  following  list  is  from  official  records  : 

Rev.  Brennan,  James  Jan.  i8,  1854. 
"     Mahoney,  Patrick  " 

"     McCarron,  Peter  "      " 

"     O'Callaghan,  Benjamin  J.  "      " 

"     Baldauf,  Francis  J.  Aug.  12, 
"    Campbell,  John  "      " 


SOUVENIR.  15 

lOkDIIAM.  kCo)11  I  lilted  I. 

Rev.  Camion.  Cornelius  '^^^%-  12,  ICS54. 
Kelly,  John  A. 

Lynch,  Edward  "      "        " 

McMahon,  Philip  " 

McNIKK^"I•:^^  Francis  " 

Barry,  John  Dec.  20, 

McGean,  Edward  ■ 

Murray,  John  

Boyce,  James  Aujj^.  15,  1855. 

McEvoy,  John  

O'Donohue,  Philip  

McDermott.  John 

Magee,  John  

Brennan,  Riciiard  Apr.  27,  i<S57 

Byrne,  Robert  

Murphy,  Peter  

Slevin,  Charles  "        ' 

Treanor,  Thomas  

Nelligan,  William  J.  June  9, 

Conron,  James  1,.  May  3,  1858. 

Doyle,  John  L.  "      " 


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SOUVENIR. 


Rev.  Clark,  William  (Hartford)  May  3,  1858 

Hechinger,  Anthony  "      "        " 

Ferrall,  Peter  June  28,  1859. 
Orsenigo,  John  "      *' 

Remsal,  George  A.  *■      '  = 

Woods,  Joseph  P.  ••      •' 

Lenihan,  Francis  J.  '■'■ 

Sheridan,  Philip  '■      '■ 

O'Hara,  Oliver  '•       " 

Farrell,  Christopher  A.  Oct.  15,  i860. 
O'Callaghan,  Cornelius  Jas.  "    "         " 

The  Rt.  Rev.  Bernard  J.  McQuaid,  D.  D., 
Bishop  of  Rochester,  furnishes  the  following 
interesting  information  concerning  the  Diocesan 
Seminary  of  New  York,  that  existed  at  the  pres 
ent  site  of  the  Cathedral  : 

"  The  students  were  removed  from  Fordham 
to  the  old  building  on  5th  Avenue  and  50th 
vStreet,  in  January,  1844.  The  Rev.  Fathers 
l^enco  and  Borgna,  Lazarists,  were  Superiors  and 
Professors.  The  students  numbered  about  twenty, 
few  of  whom  are  now  living.     Mr.  Bayley,  after- 


SOUVENIR.  17 

wards  Archbishop  of  Baltimore,  here  made  his 
immediate  preparation  for  ordination.  The  Semi- 
narists returned  to  Fordham  for  the  next  term  in 
September.  Thus  the  Seminary  was  kept  up  at 
50th  Street  for  nearly  six  months.  The  students 
were  directed,  when  they  went  out  for  a  walk  on 
Thursday  afternoons  and  Sundays,  not  to  go  to 
the  city,  and,  that  no  mistake  might  be  made, 
they  were  told  not  to  go  nearer  than  27th  Street. 
Of  all  the  Seminarists  that  were  there,  the  Rev. 
James  Hourigan  of  Binghamton  N.  Y. ;  the  Rev. 
John  Sheridan  of  Cleveland,  O.,  and  the  Rev.  Syl- 
vester Malone,  of  Brooklyn,  and  myself  are  the 
only  ones  living." 

The  Seminary  continued  at  Fordham,  under  the 
charge  of  the  Jesuit  Fathers,  until  1862,  when 
it  was  closed  in  consequence  of  the  disturbed 
condition  of  affairs  that  followed  the  breaking 
out  of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  whose  true 
magnitude  had  just  then  dawned  on  the  people 
of  the  North.  Tn  the  same  year  Archbishop 
Hughes,    on    the    recommendation    of    the    Rev. 


1 8  SOUVENIR. 

Peter  Havermans,  purchased  the  property,  now 
known  as  St.  Joseph's  Provincial  Seminary,  at 
Troy.  N.  Y.  The  history  of  this  property  is 
related  by  the  Archbishop  in  a  letter: 

"About  the  year  1850,  the  Methodists  deter- 
mined to  rival  the  other  denominations  by 
founding  a  great  University  in  the  city  of  Troy, 
New  York  State.  It  is  said  that  their  subscrip- 
tion list  amounted  to  half  a  million  of  dollars.  At 
all  events,  they  purchased  a  piece  of  ground,  on  a 
beautiful  site  called  Mount  Ida,  consisting  of 
thirty-seven  acres  of  land  situated  almost  in  the 
centre  of  Troy,  and  erected  upon  it  an  imposing 
educational  building  of  360  feet  front,  four  stories 
high,  and  60  feet  deep,  with  architectural  adorn- 
ments oi  turrets,  etc.  The  building,  inde- 
pendent of  the  ground,  cost  $197,000.  It  con- 
tained altogether  about  three  hundred  rooms  for 
students.  *     There   are  departments  for  philoso- 

*  To  those  who  know  the  Seminary  of  Troy  these  figures  are  mis- 
leading. Bishop  Hughes,  of  course,  wrote  from  hearsay,  as  he  had 
not  yet  inspected  the  building.  At  present  tliere  are  only  ninety-one 
rooms  reserved  for  students,   and   these  will    accommodate  only  one 


socn'i^.y/K.  19 

l^hical  expciinicnts,  a  imiscuni,  libraiv,  and  a 
chapel  tor  the  acc(M'miK)dati()n  ol  six  huiulrefl  atten- 
(hmts,  *  together  with  a  very  jjood  organ.  1  ])ur- 
chased  the  whole  {property  last  week,  including 
turniture,  the  organ,  etc.,  for  $60,000." 

Local  traditions  relate  nianv  humorous  stories 
of  the  sale,  and  of  the  conyersion  of  a  Methodist 
into  a  Roman  Catholic  seminary. 

This  institution  although  not  in  the  Diocese  of 
New  York,  was  at  that  time  the  central  point  of 
Archbishop  Hughes'  Ecclesiastical  Province,  f 
there  being  a  railroad  to  it  from  the  home  ol 
each  of  his  suffragans,  as  well  as  from  his  own. 
In  purchasing  it.  his  intention  was  to  place  it 
under  the  management  of  the  Sidpitians  of  Paris, 
or  some  other  association  deyoted  to  the  education 
of  priests  that  would  take  charge  of  it,  and  to  main- 

lumrlred  and  fifty-eiglil  or  sixty  at  most.  There  were  many  changes 
required  to  make  the  building  suitable  for  a  .Seminary. 

*  The  chapel,  as  arranged  at  present,  can  accommodate  only  about 
three  hundred. 

t  The  Metropolitan  See  of  New  ^'ork  included  at  that  time  the 
present  Province  of  IJoston. 


20  'SOUVENIR. 

tain  it  as  the  Ecclesiastical  Seminary  of  the  Pro- 
vince of  New  York.  There  was  considerable  difih- 
culty  about  the  preliminaries  for  the  establishment 
of  this  Seminary.  At  one  time  the  Archbishop 
was  on  the  point  of  selling  the  property  and 
founding  anew  institution  at  Fordham,  about  half 
a  mile  from  St.  Joseph's.  He  went  so  far  as  to  re- 
quest a  gentleman  to  negotiate  in  his  own  name  for 
the  purchase  of  a  certain  piece  of  land  which 
seemed -to  be  especially  well  suited  to  his  purpose, 
but  before  long  the  difificulties  connected  with  the 
Troy  scheme  were  overcome.  This  was  Arch- 
bishop Hughes'  last  work. 

The  management  of  the  new^  Seminary  was 
offered  to  the  Sulpitians,  but  the  Superior  of  that 
congregation  felt  constrained  to  decline  the  offer, 
fearing  that  there  was  not  room  enough  for  a 
new  Seminary  between  Baltimore  and  Montreal. 
The  fact  that  the  Sulpitians  now  have  charge  of 
Brighton,  and  are  to  take  charge  of  the  new  St. 
Joseph's,  attest  the  wonderful  growth  of  the 
Church  in  this  district.     Bv  the  zealous  labors  of 


STATUE    OF    ST.  JOSEPH,  FRONT   OF    SEMINARY. 


SOUVENIR.  21 

the  late  Cardinal  McClc^skey,  then  Bishop  oi 
Albany,  thrcjugh  the  kindness  of  Mgr.  Delebecque, 
Bishop  of  Ghent,  Belgium,  professors  from  the 
University  of  Louvain  were  foiuid  who  were  willing 
to  undertake  the  delicate  task.  The  self-sacrifice 
and  zeal  manifested  by  these  gentlemen,  the  first 
professors  of  St.  Joseph's,  cannot  be  too  highly 
praised.  Coming  utter  strangers  into  a  foreign 
land,  entirely  unacquainted  with  the  language  and 
customs,  their  task  was  certainly  a  difficult  one. 

Owing  to  important  changes  that  had  to  be 
made  in  the  building  to  adapt  it  for  use  as  a  Cath- 
olic seminary,  it  was  scarcely  ready  for  occupa- 
tion when  they  arrived.  It  was  opened,  as  the 
Seminary  of  St.  Joseph,  in  the  month  of  October,. 
1864,  with  a  faculty  consisting  of  a  rector,  and 
three  professors  from  Louvain,  and  tw^o  from  the 
clergy  of  Boston  and  New  York.  The  students 
numbered  sixty,  and  represented  the  various  dio- 
ceses in  the  ecclesiastical  province  of  New  York. 

Archbishop   Hughes  died  on    Sunday,  January 
3d,  1864,  before  the  work  he  had   undertaken  was 


22  SOUVEXIR. 

successfully  put  in  operation.  On  the  ist  of 
December,  1864.  his  successor,  Archbishop 
McCloskey,  in  the  presence  of  the  suffragan 
Bishops  of  Boston,  Hartford,  Burlington,  and 
Portland,  and  the  administrator  of  Albany, 
solemnly  dedicated  the  new  Seminary,  placing  it 
under  the  protection  of  St.  Joseph. 

Three  yeai-s  later,  the  number  of  students  was 
one  hundred  and  forty,  and  ever  since  it  has 
varied  from  one  hundred  to  one  hundred  and 
sixty.  The  needs  of  dioceses,  changing  with 
various  circumstances  of  immigration  and  ecclesi- 
astical partition,  have  caused  a  corresponding 
change  in  the  number  of  representatives  from 
dioceses.  The  opening  of  the  Seminary  at 
Brighton  drew  off  all  the  students  from  the 
Province  of  Boston.  The  spiritual  wants  of  the 
French  Canadians  caused  the  Bishops  of  many 
of  the  dioceses  of  New  England  to  send  their 
subjects  to  Montreal.  New  York  has  always  had, 
and,  of  course,  has  now,  the  preponderating 
number  of  students.  From  its  opening  until 
January,   1891,  vSt.  Joseph's  Seminar}-   has   matri- 


SOUI'ENIK-  -3 

dilated  1036  students,  of  whom  ^,25,  after  the  lecr. 
ular   course,  have   been  ordained   priests    in    the 
Seminary    chapel,    or  at    home,    140  are     now   at 
the    Seminary,    the    others    having    either    died, 
or     been      ordained      elsewhere,    or    abandoned 
their  studies.      There  are,  at  the  present   writing. 
(June,  1890,  about  200  students  of  St.   Joseph's 
laboring    in   the    diocese    of     New    York ;  60    in 
Albany;    69  in    Boston;  48  in    Rochester;    13  i" 
Hartford;   12  in  Springfield  ;    14  in    Ogdensburg  ; 
3  in  Portland  ;  8  in  Peoria;  4  in    Burlington  :  30 
in  Syracuse;  5  in    Providence;  5  ui   Manchester; 
3  in  Trenton;    i   in  Detroit;    2  in    Denver;    i   in 
Buffalo;    i   in   Louisville;    i  in   Chicago;    2  with 
the  Jesuits;   i  with  the  Redemptorists  * 

There    have    not    been     many    changes    in    the 
original  facultv.  as  will  be  seen   from  the  f<^llow- 


inir 


Thi-    diffcrcul    Faculties   of    St.   Joseph's    Seminary, 

Troy,  N.    V. 
1864.    Verv  Rev.  Canon  Louis  Vandenhende 

-  These  statistics  were  prepared  with  much  labor  by  the  Very  Rev. 
H.  Gabriels,  S.  T.  D.,  President  of  St.  Joseph's  Provincial  Seminary. 
Troy,  N.  V. 


24  SOUVENIR. 

D.  D.  President,  Director  and  Profes- 
sor of  Canon  Law,  Church  Histoi-y  and 
Sacred  Eloquence. 

Rev.  Charles  Roelants,  S.  T.  B.,  Prof. 
Sacred  Scripture. 

Rev.  Peter    A.  Puissant,  S.  T.  B.  Prof. 
Philosophy. 

Rev.  Alexander  Sherwood  Healy,  Prol 
of  Moral  Theology. 

Rev.  Patrick  William  Tandy,  Procurator 

Rev.   Henry   Gabriels   S.   T.   L.      Prof 
Dogmatic  Theology. 
T865.    Rev.  Michael  Mullen,  Prof,  of  Philosoph) 

(in  place  of  Fr.  Puissant,  who  took  Moral) 

Rev.  Peter  A  Puissant,    Prof.  Moral,  in 
place  of  Fr.  Healy,  who  became  Director. 

1866.  Rev.  John  Edwards,     Procurator  (place  of 

Fr.  Tandy) 

1867.  Rev.  Thomas  Kenny,   Prof,  of  Philosophy 

in  place  of  Fr.  Mullen — resigned. 

1868.  Rev.  Peter.  A.  Schmidt,  Prof,  of  Church 

History. 


SOUVENIR.  2S 

Rev.  Hugh  Shields.  S.  T.  B.  Prof.  Philos. 
— place  of  Fr.  Kknxv  resigned. 

1869.  Rev.  John  McLouGHLiN,     Director— place 

of  Fr.  Ukalv,  resisrned. 

1870.  Rk\.    Hkxrv    Gabriels,   S.    T.   L.     Took 

Church  1  listorv  in  place  of   Fk.  Schmid'I", 
resigned. 

1871.  Rev.  Hi.nrv  (iAURiELs.  S.  T.  D.  President, 

(place  of  Fr.  Vandexhende) 
Rev.  Au(;ustixe  Five/,  S.  T.  L.     Dogma. 

(place  of  Fr.  Gabriels) 
Rev.  James  wS.  M.  Lvxcn.     Director — place 

of  Fr.  McLoughlix,  resigned. 
Rev.  |()Si:ph  F.   Mooxev.     Prof,  of  Philos. 

(place  of  Fr.  Shields,  resigned.) 

1872.  Re\.   Phii.ti'   Garrkjax.     Prof,   of  Sacred 

Floquence.    Director,  place  of  Fr.  Lynch 
resigned. 

1873.  Rev.  Pe  ter  A.  Puissaxi"  Procurator,  place 

of  Fr.  Edwards,  resigned. 
1875.    James  S.  M.  Lyxcil     Director  for  second 


26  SOUVENIR. 

time — place  of  Fr.  Garri(;an,  recalled  by 
his  Bishop,  lor  diocesan  duties. 
Rf.v.  Edward  A.  Dunphy,     Prof.    Sacred 
Eloquence,  and  minor  Branches. 
1S79.     \<v.\.      Cornelius       Mahonv,      D-.      D. 
F^rof.  of  Philos.,  place  of  Fr.  Mooxev  and 
Sacred  Eloquence,  place  of  Fr.  Dunphy. 
1880.    Rev.  John  F.  Woods.  D.  D.     Director  in 
place    of   Fr.    Lynch   and    Prof.  Sacred 
-    Eloquence. 

1883.  Rev.  Remy  Lafort,  S.  T.  L.     Prof,  of  Can- 

on    Law    and     Introduction    to    Sacred 
Scripture. 

1884.  Rev.  Daniel  Burke,  D.  D.    Prof,  of  Philos- 

ophy  place  of    Dr.   Mahonv   and   Prof, 
of  Sacred  Eloquence. 
Rev.  Wm.  A.  McDonald.     Director,  place 
of  Dr.  Woods. 

1886.  (February)   Rev,    Michael  ].   Considine, 

director  place  of  Fr  McDonald;  Pi-of.  of 
Natural  Sciences,  and  Sacred  Eloquence. 

1887.  Rev.,  William  H.  Murphy,  Professor  of 


SOUVENIR.  27 

Logic    and     Metaphysics,    place    of     Dr. 
Burke. 
1889.  Rev.  William  Livingston.  Director,  place 
of  Fr.  Considine,   Prof,  of  Natural  Sci- 
ences, and  Sacred  Eloquence. 
i8qo. —  1S91.     Rev.  J.\mes  Fitzsimmons,  S.  T.  B. 
Prof,  of  Logic,  place  of  Rev.  Fr.  Murphv, 
who  took   Metaphysics,  place  of   Fr.    La- 
fort,    who    took    Scripture,    place    of    Fr. 
Roelants  resigned. 
1892.     Rev.  Joseph  F.  Delany,  D.  D.,  succeeded 
Fr.  Fitzsimmons  as  Professor  of  Logic, 
the  latter  taking  Metaph3^sics. 
In   1 87 1,  Canon   Vandenhende,  who   was  very 
much    beloved    bv   the   students,    and   highly   es- 
teemed bv  all   who  knew   him,  returned   to    Bel- 
gium, and   was  made  Canon  and   Magnus  Poeni- 
tentiarius   of    the    Cathedral    of    Ghent.     About 
the  same  time,  the  course  of  studies  was  length- 
ened, and  a  new  branch  introduced,  viz :  Sacred 
Eloquence. 

Father  Roelants,  Professor  of  Sacred  Scripture, 
and  dear  to  all  who  listened  to  his  clear,  interest- 
ing, and,  frequently,  eloquent  comments  upon  the 
sacred  text,  much  to  the  regret  of  the  former  and 


28  SOUVENIR. 

of  the  present  students,  resigned  his  professorship 
in  the  summer  of  1890,  and  was  made  Canon  of 
the  Cathedral  of  Ghent.  With  these  exceptions, 
the  members  of  the  original  faculty  are  still  at  St. 
Joseph's. 

And  now,  before  passing  to  the  New  Seminary, 
let  us  in  the  following  chapter,  give  a  parting 
glance  at  the  old. 


II. 

^I^e    ^eminary    at    Trov. 

St.  Joseph's  Provincial  Seminary  at  Troy,  N.  Y., 
stands  on  the  most  beautiful  part  of  Ida  Hill, 
overlooking  the  compactly  built  city  that  pre- 
sides over  the  head-waters  of  navigation  of  the 
Hudson  River.  The  sounds  of  life  from  the 
bustling  city  reach  the  crest  of  the  high  hill  with 
softened  murmur,  and  at  that  elevation,  the  roar  of 
busy  trade,  the  sharply  tolling  bell  of  a  passing 
train,  the  shriek  of  a  locomotive  on  the  farther  hills, 
dashing  along,  groaning  with  the  weight  of  its 
heavy  cars,  become  romantic.  At  certain  seasons 
of  the  year,  from  April  till  July,  and  from  Septem- 
ber till  November,  the  Seminary  grounds  were 
really  beautiful,  and  will  be  held  in  pleasant  mem- 
ory by  those  who  have  been  students  at  St.  Joseph's. 

29 


30  SOUVENIR. 

The  pale  mists  that  rose  steaming  from  the 
Mohawk  Valley,  as  they  floated  lazily  upwards 
were  tinted  with  the  splendors  of  the  rising  sun. 
At  eventide,  the  western  heavens  deepened  with 
ever  varying  colors.  The  placid  Mohawk  lay 
like  a  silver  ribbon  between  its  rich  green  banks, 
taking  on  the  shifting  hues  of  evening  and  morn- 
ing. Northward  could  be  seen  the  mills  and 
churches,  and  spires  of  busy  Cohoes,  picturesque 
at  that  distance;  while  to  the  south  rose  the 
Cattskills'  massive  blue  wall,  its  broken  line  now 
wreathed  in  purple  mists,  now  tricked  out  in  the 
golden  splendor  of  gorgeous  day.  In  the  cool 
eventide  ot  the  long  spring  days,  the  odors  of 
fruit  blossoms  and  lilacs  mingled  with  the  inde- 
scribable sweetness  of  grass  and  shrub  and  new 
turned  earth.  The  interlocking  branches  of  fruit 
trees,  white  with  the  clustering  blossoms,  roofed 
over  the  well  kept  paths,  which  traversed  the 
spacious  grounds  rendered  beautiful  bv  the  patient 
labors  of  the  humble  brothers.  On  all  sides  lay 
the  green  sward  bristling  with  spears  of  timothv, 


SHRINE   OF    SACRED   HEART,  ON   THE    GROUNDS. 


SOUVENIR.  31 

shaded  by  clumps  of  red  top,  and  softened  hv  the 
snow  of  fallen  blossoms.  Throug-h  a  lovelv  vale 
trickled  a  tiny  brook  overhung^  with  weeping 
willows,  whose  tender  leaves  filled  the  branches 
with  green-gold  stars.  Nestling  amid  a  thick 
shrubbery  is  the  shrine  of  the  Sacred  Heart, 
erected  by  the  Trojan  students  as  a  token  of 
their  love  for  the  Sacred  Heart  of  their  Master. 
In  the  center  of  a  pretty  parterre,  on  the  plateau 
immediately  in  front  of  the  Seminarv  chapel, 
stands  a  statue  of  St.  Joseph,  jilaced  there  bv  the 
class  of  icS/O,  on  the  occasion  of  the  tenth  anni- 
versary of  their  ordination,  in  acknowledgment 
of  how  much  they  owed  to  the  patronage  ol  this 
srreat  saint. 


III. 

Priests  yrdainea  in  Trov  for  the  Diocese 
of  rtew  Y  orl;; 

In  order  to  complete  our  history  of  the  Semin- 
ary, we  append  a  list  of  those  students  ordained 
after  their  course  in  St.  Joseph's  Seminary,  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  for  the  archdiocese  of  New  York. 

Rev.  Hussey,  William  J.         Dec.  17,  1S64.  '  Died  1865. 


F'itzsimmons,  James. 

July, 

1865. 

'•      O'Hare,  Hugh, 

" 

" 

Edwards,  John, 

Aug. 

21, 

1866. 

"      Brogan,  John, 

Nov. 

20, 

1866. 

"      McCauley,  John, 

u 

"• 

'• 

"      McEvoy,  Michael, 

" 

u 

" 

1884. 

'•      Flannelly,  William. 

luii. 

15' 

1867. 

•'          1884. 

'•      Lings,  Albert, 

ti 

- 

>• 

"      Neade,  Thomas, 

a 

'■ 

" 

"         1873. 

'•      Brennan,  Michael, 

Dec. 

2 1, 

T867. 

'•      Daly,  Patrick, 

<( 

" 

" 

"         1877. 

"      Dougherty,  James, 

'■ 

u 

'• 

"      Earley,  Terence, 

(, 

'• 

t. 

''      Quinn,  John, 

" 

li 

a 

1876. 

"      Murphy,  George, 

Jim. 

6, 

1868. 

1882. 

"      Galligan   James, 

" 

" 

"      Keenan, James, 

" 

" 

a 

"          ..S74. 

"      Loughran,  Patrick, 

u 

a 

a 

"         1S76. 

'  Had  entered  as  deacon    Oct. 

1864. 

sou  1 7t.\7K.       .  33 

Rev.  McCi)url,  Peter,  Jun.   6,     1S6.S.      Died    1S77 
"      O'Farrell,  Michael,  "        " 

'■      Ducey,  Thomas,  Dec.  19.  1S6S. 

Dunphy,  Edward,  "       1885. 

Cialligan,  Bartholoni.     Dec.  19,  1868.         "      1883. 

.Martin,  Francis,  i*      ..        a  '>      1874. 

Brophy.  Martin,  May.  22,  1869.       "      1890. 

Baxter,  Henry, 

Callaghan,  Michael,  

"■      Henry,  John,  

"       McClancy,  John,  

McNaniee,  John,  

•'      Welsh,  Thomas,  ■'      1871. 

"       Brady,  William,  Nov.  16,     '• 

Mullen,  James,  

"      Canary,  Andrew,  Jun.    11,  1870. 

'■      Hayne,  Joseph, 

'■      Healy,  Patrick,  "        "      "  "      1889. 

Mee,  James,  "        '"       " 

''      Meister,  Isidor,  ''        ''      '" 

"      O'Flaherty,  Martin,  •'      18S1. 

I'helan,  Michael,  ''        "      " 

''      Kean,  John,  ''        3,  1871. 

"      Clancy,  James,  '•       1S72. 

''      Corley,  Charles,  

*'      Goodwin,  Bernard,  •         "       " 

''      Mooney,  Joseph.  "        ''       " 

"      O'Neil,  William.  

Very  Rev.  Penny,  William.  ••        '•       " 


34  .       SOUVENIR. 


ev.   Rigney,  Patrick, 

Jun. 

3, 

187I. 

Died  1885 

Lynch,  Thomas, 

July. 

(( 

Byron,  Joseph, 

Dec. 

23, 

187I. 

Hughes,  Nicholas, 

(i 

«. 

u 

"      Brophy,  Patrick, 

May 

25, 

1872. 

"      1874 

"      Flood,  James, 

" 

" 

" 

"      Keogan,  John, 

" 

" 

" 

"      Lynch,  John, 

u 

<( 

u 

"      McQuirk,  John, 

il 

u 

" 

"      Malone,  Patrick, 

" 

u 

a 

"      1886 

"      O'Kelly,  William, 

(1 

" 

'■ 

"      Gordon,  Henry, 

" 

" 

" 

"      Campbell,  Joseph. 

Dec. 

21, 

" 

"      Corkery,  Daniel, 

a 

(.1 

" 

"       i8yi 

"       Donovan,  Cornelius, 

" 

" 

(.1. 

"      1887. 

"      Molloy,  Anthony, 

" 

(1 

>i 

"      Power,  James, 

" 

" 

" 

'■'■      Westerman,  James, 

" 

" 

" 

McGinley.  Edward, 

June 

7, 

1^73- 

Newman,  Michael. 

" 

u 

" 

"      1887 

'       O'Gorman,  Edward, 

" 

" 

Salter,  John, 

" 

- 

"      Smyth,  Eugene. 

a 

'•      Colton,  John, 

Dec. 

-O. 

'• 

"      1878 

Foy,  William, 

''      McGivney.  Jolin, 

" 

"       1881 

'•      Riordan,  John, 

Mar. 

19, 

1874. 

'•       1887 

"      Corr,  John. 

May 

30 

" 

'•       1S75 

"      Cronin,  Daniel. 

" 

" 

" 

SOrVENIR.  35 


Lev.  Farrell,  Peier, 

May, 

30, 

1874 

"      Fitzharris,  John, 

•• 

" 

" 

"      Morris,  John. 

Di 

ed    1886. 

"       Ward,  William 

"      Hogan,  William, 

Dec. 

'9' 

*'      Doyle,  John, 

May 

2  2 

>875- 

••      1878. 

"      Egan,  Joseph 

" 

" 

*•      Hayes,  James, 

" 

"      Hurley,  John, 

" 

" 

•'      1891. 

"       Kiely,  James, 

" 

" 

'• 

"      McC'abe,  Hugh, 

•' 

"      Martin,  Patrick. 

" 

'*      Farrell,  William. 

Dec 

iN. 

" 

"      McSwiggan,  Michael, 

" 

" 

'■ 

• '     1 890. 

"      Montgomery,  Michael 

'• 

•' 

" 

"      Colton,  Charles, 

Jun. 

10, 

1876. 

•'      Nagle.  Stephen, 

" 

•> 

•'      1881. 

Dougherty,  Maurice, 

" 

'      1890. 

Crosby,  James, 

'■ 

'•      O'Hanlon,  'I'homas, 

" 

•  •            ( 

•       1883.1 

''      McCloskey,  Patrick. 

'• 

•' 

" 

"      1877. 

"     Grady,  John, 

«' 

1888. 

'  •     Meister,  Filibert, 

" 

" 

(< 

"      Lane,  Michael, 

1  )ec. 

2.^. 

" 

"      1888. 

"     Slattery,  Edward, 

" 

'•     Ahern,   Philip, 

May. 

26, 

1877. 

"      Fitzpatrick.  Tobias, 

•' 

"      1880. 

"     Mayer,  John, 

i< 

4  ( 

'•     O'Hare,  John, 

" 

- 

36  SOUVENIR. 

Rev.  Quinn,  Michael,  May  26,  1876.     Die  1     1882. 

"  Boddy,  William,  Dec.  22,     "            "       1890. 

'•  Byrnes,  Edward,  "        "       '' 

"  Connick,  Patrick.  Dec.  22,  1877 

'•  Hoey,  Joseph,  "        '"      " 

'•  Kuhnen,  Matthew,  "       "       " 

"  McCormick,  Daniel,  "       " 

"  McGare,  Thomas,  "      "       " 

"  Ward,  Daniel,  '"      " 

"  Bigley,  Joseph,  •'    21,  1878. 

"  Byrnes,  James  P.  ^^       <.      .. 

"  Dunphy,  Thomas,  "       " 

"  Dunphy,  William,  "       "       "           "      1891 

"  Henry,  Michael,  '• 

"  McCorry,  Patrick,  " 

''  Dixon,  Felix,  "       "       "            "      1883. 

••'  Cunnion,  Malachy,  Jan.  26.    1S79. 

"  Kelly,  Hugh, 

■'  Donlin,  George,  Mar.  29.     " 

'•  Parks,  Charles,  

"  Sweeney,  Edwin,  

"  Duffy,  Bernard.  Jun.  7,       " 

'  McNamee,  Peter.  

*•  Smyth,  Thomas, 

•'  Antoni,  Charles,  Dec,  20.     " 

"  Brennan,  Joseph,  

"  Brophy,  John,  "     "       '■                      1891. 

"  Byrnes,  James  M.  <<     .1      <. 

'■  Costello,  Luke,  '      "      •              "      1S83. 


SOUVENIR.  ^:>7 

Rev.  McCabe,  Patrick,  Dec.  20,  1879.       Died  iSyo. 

Haran,  Michael, 

•'     Kellner,  John,  

Uev.  Wolff,  John,  Dec.   20,  1879.          "     1887. 

"     Leahy,  David,  May  22,  1880. 

"     McCarthy,  James,  "        " 

"     Creeden,  John,  Dec.  18, 

"     McLaughlin,  James,  "       "        '' 

"     McCluskey,  Thomas,        

"     Cummiskey,  James,  "        "        "             "     1885. 

"     Meredith,  Charles,  June  11,  1881. 

"    O'Callaghan,  George,      

"     Magann,  Peter,  ' ''     1888. 

"     Quinn,  Thomas,  "       "        " 

Rigney,  James,  ' 

"     Clancy,  Andrew,  Dec.    17,       " 

"     Donahue,  James,  " 

Kelly,  James.  "        "        " 

"     Flannelly,  Joseph,  "       "        " 
•■     McEvoy,  Michael, 

'•     (iallagher,  John,  "        ''        " 

•■     Waters,  Arthur,  

Kenny  Michael,  "        "        " 
"     O'Meara,  Patrick, 

"     Considine,  Michael,  June    3,      1882. 

"     Feely,  Josejih,  

"     Carr,  John,  Dec.    25, 

"     Murphy,  William,  ' 

"     Xavier.  Henrv.  •       "        " 


2,'J2(J40 


3B  SOUVENIR. 

Rev.  Burns,  Richard,  May    19,    1883. 
"     McGill,  William, 

''     Evers,  Luke,  '■         ••        '• 

"     Boyle,  John,  Dec.    22,       '■ 

'•     Parker,  Moses,  ' 

"     Weir,  John,  ' 

"     McKenna,  John,  June    7,      1884. 

"     Owens,  John,  

"     Mulhern,  Michael,  "         "        '' 

"     Shine,  Eugene,  "         "        " 

"     Aylward,  Michael,  Dec.    20. 
"     Clancy,  Patrick, 

"     Fitzsimons,  Patrick,  '*         "        '• 

"     Kelly  Francis,  '' 

"     Lonargan,  John,  " 

"     Moore,  Francis,  " 

Power,  John,  "         " 

■•     Wallace,  Thomas.  "         " 

"     Welsh,  Michael.  "         " 

'■     Cusack,  Thomas,  May,   30,      18S5. 
"     Galligan,  Thomas, 
'•     O'Connell,  Morgan, 

Coyle,  Dennis,  Dec.     19. 

Daly,  William, 

'•     Jones,  Francis,  " 
'•     Lenes.  Francis, 

Mechler,  Joseph, 
''      Quinn,  John, 

Irving,  Thomas,  June      19,    1886.   Died  1887, 


Rev.  McMalion,  Joseph, 
"     Murphy,  Edward. 
"     Jackson,  William, 
Reinhart,  Nicholas, 
lirady,  l^ernard, 
"     C'ullum,  Hugh, 
"     I,)onnelly,  James, 
"     Kinkead,  Thomas, 
"     Sheahan,  Joseph, 
"     Somers,  Edward, 
Higgins,  Edward, 
Schwinn,  John, 
IJeaudet,  Cyriacus, 
liriody,  John, 
("hidwick,  John, 
'•     Dougherty,  William. 
Fagan,  Francis. 
Fenton,  James, 
I  .ivingston,  A\'illiain, 
Morris,  John, 
Murray,  Lawrence, 
'•     O'Keefe,  Thomas. 
Hulse,  Francis, 
Pellicux,  Augustine, 
*•     O'Shaughnessy,  John 

liraun,  John, 
••      lUitler.  William, 
i'reniel.  Francis. 
'•     (iuinevan,   Peter. 


S0[/r/iA7K. 

JUIK-   19, 


39 


Dec. 


1886. 


June   4,  1887. 


Dec 


June   24,  1888. 
Dec. 


Died  1890 
1890. 


40  SOUVENIR. 

Rev.-McCue,  Edward,  Dec.       22,  1888. 

■'  Myhan,  Thomas,  "           "       " 

■'     O'Dwyer,  Daniel,  "  "       " 

"    Roach,  John,  " 

"  Feehan  Daniel,  June     24,    1889 

"  Reilly,  Bernard,  " 

"  Fitzsimmons,  James,  Oct.       28,       " 

"  Kelly,  William. 

"  Dooley.  James  Dec.       21,      " 

■'  Duffy,    Michael,  "            "       '' 

"  Holden,  Edward,  '•          "      " 

"  McCabe,  James,  "          •■      " 

"  Meade,  John, 

■'  Murphy,  Thomas,  "           ••       u 

"  Ronayne,  Patrick.  '•           "       " 

"  Minogue,  Patrick, 

■'  Brady,  Bernard,  Dec.      20,    1S90. 

"  Spellman,  Peter,  '■ 

"  Conway,  John,  May     23,     i89i„ 

"  Cunniff,  Michael, 

•'  Donlin,  Thomas, 

"  Goggin,  James,  "           -       .. 

"  Hayes,  William,  '■           •' 

"  Heafy,  Thomas. 

"  Keenan,  Thomas, 

"  Lennon,  John,  "           '•        ■' 

"  Mangan,  James.  " 

"  O'C'onnor,  'i'homas,  " 

"  Ryan,  John,  '•           "       " 

"  Shine,  Michael 


S0CT/:2V/K. 

41 

ev.   Mallon,  John  J., 

Dec. 

19, 

1891. 

Strezelecki,  John  H., 

>• 

'' 

.'( 

Drain,  Patrick  H., 

Jan. 

^4. 

.892. 

Breslin,  Patrick  A., 

June 

15. 

Dooley,  John  A., 

•• 

(ralligan,  Bartholomew  F., 

*       Keliher,  Michael  F.. 

Keiahan,  John  F., 

•• 

McDonald,  Joseph  V., 

a 

i. 

•• 

'      McKenna,  Charles  B.,* 

•'• 

-' 

'      Murphy,  Charles  T., 

•• 

Quinn,  William, 

'      Thornton,  Thomas  A., 

'• 

Hayes,  Patrick  J., 

Sept. 

s, 

Smith,  Joseph  F., 

.'< 

a 

Fitzpatrick,  Malick  J., 

Dec. 

17. 

•• 

'      Flood,  Thomas  F., 

'      Horan,  Michael  F., 

(C 

'■' 

*       Kenny,  Arthur  J., 

<e 

•' 

''• 

*       McGuire,  John  F., 

ec 

(C 

({ 

Malloy,  James  F. , 

<i. 

i  i 

a 

'       Meehan,  ^^'illiam  1\, 

<t 

a 

<■' 

O'Connell,  Daniel  A., 

•■•• 

'• 

Reilly,  Thomas  J., 

<.' 

-' 

Brown,  James  J., 

June 

24, 

1893. 

Dowling,  John  F., 

" 

'      Gallagher,  Michael  P., 

.  ( 

•• 

•• 

'      Murray,  David  A., 

<•' 

''• 

''^  Died  jvuie  15,  181)3. 


42  SOUVENIR. 

Rev.  Ayhvard,  James  N.,  May     19,    1894. 

'•■  Crowley,  Cornelius  F..  "         "'        '' 

'•'  Crowley,  Cornelius  J.,  ''  ''        '' 

"'  Cusack,  Andrew  F.,  "  ''        '" 

'•  Doyle,  Thomas  J.,  '' 

"  Driscoll,  Timothy  M., 

•-•■  Fay,  John  J.,  "  ..•        .< 

"  Gibbons,  Daniel  A.  " 

McNamara.  James  F.,  '•'         '•'        " 

''  Nowak,  Stanislaus  J.,  "'         "        '"' 

"  Sullivan.  Francis  J.,  '' 

"  Keane,  James  J.,  Dec.      23, 

Bergan,  Joseph  E.,  '"         22,      '• 

''  O'Hanlon,  Philip,  '" 

'•  Strack,  Otto, 

"  Pauli,  Charles, 

'•'  Walsh,  Michael, 

"  Carey,  Patrick  E.,  June       8,      1895. 

*'  Collins,  James  A., 

"■  Donahue,  Joseph  P.,  '*         " 

**  Harrington.  John  J.,  " 

"  Hickey,  John  J.. 

*•'  Kelly,  Thomas  B., 

"  McKenna,  Bernard  F., 

*'  Meehan,  John  F., 

'•'  St.  John.  William  T., 

"  Weir,  Robert  A., 

'•  Cusack,  Louis  M.,  Dec.        21.  ICS95. 


SOl'l'HNIR. 

Rev.  Cusack,  Peter  P., 

"  Mulcahy,  William  J., 

"  Brehney,  James  H., 

"  Cushman,  Joseph  G,, 

"  Dunn,  John  J.. 

'*  Gilmartin,  Terence  E., 

"  Gleeson,  Matthew  C, 

"  Halloran,   Edward  F., 

"  Kenny,  Arthur  J., 

"  Leonard,  Edward  F., 

**  Lyman,  Thomas  F., 

**  Maher,  John  J., 

"  O'Connor,  David  F,, 

"  O'SuUivan,  Edward  F., 

"  Owens,  Thomas  F., 

"  Phelan,  Thomas  P., 

"  Power.  James  J., 

''  Quinn,  Daniel  A., 

'•  Talbot,  James  A,, 

"  Wilson,  John  J,, 


43 
Dec.    21,     1895 

(i  ii  a 

May    30,    1896. 


IV. 

History    of    \\)e     rtew    ^eminary    Grounds. 

The  work  for  the  welfare  of  the  diocese  that  Arch- 
bishop Hughes  began  in  founding  the  great 
Cathedral  which  shall  be  his  everlasting  monument, 
Archbishop  Corrigan  hopes  to  complete  b}^  build- 
ing a  diocesan  Seminary  which  shall  be  worthy 
of  the  diocese  whose  destinies  have  been  com- 
mitted to  his  guidance.  Keenly  appreciating  the 
fact  that  the  care  of  the  formation  and  the  education 
of  the  clergy  is  of  all  the  cares  of  the  bishop  the 
greatest  and  the  most  important  ;  endeavoring 
to  adapt  the  discipline  and  the  rules  imposed  upon 
clerics  in  the  seminary  to  those  of  the  Council  of 
Trent  ;  wishing  to  give  his  seminarists  the  means 
for  cultivating  piety  and  abundant  virtue,  and  desir- 
ous of  encouraging  the  study  of  the  highest  sciences 


SOUVENIR.  45 

it  has  always  been  his  hope  to  build  within  the  limits 
of  his  diocese  a  Seminary  of  which  the  Catholics  of 
New  York  could  be  justly  proud.     The  inconven- 
ience of  the  location  of  the  Seminary  at  Troy,  the 
rigorous  climate,  of  the  place,  and  moreover  the 
necessity  of  having  the  institution  under  his  im- 
mediate supervision  were  the  motives  that  deter- 
mined him  to  take  immediate  action.     In   doing 
this  he  was  especially  moved  by   a  petition  pre- 
sented  by   his  clergy    in   the       Fifth       Diocesan 
Svnod,  representing  the   many  disadvantages  of 
having  to  go  to  Troy    for    their   Retreats.      The 
Archbishop    much    to    the    joy     of    the    priests, 
announced  on  that  occasion  that  he  hoped  soon  to 
build  a  Scminarv  within  the  limits  of  our  own  dio- 
cese.    A  competent  Committee    of  priests,  aided 
by  the  valuable   assistance  and  advice   of  exper- 
ienced  laymen    was  appointed    to   secure  a   site. 
After  examining  many  localities,  they  bought  a 
farm  at  Scarborough,  on  the  Hudson.    The  place 
however  was  found  unsatisfactory  on  account  of 
the  inadequate  means  of  access  and  the  undesir- 


46  SOUVENIR. 

able  surroundings.  The  Committee  resumed 
their  labors  and  after  examining  all  the  available 
sites  within  the  neighborhood  of  New  York, 
they  finally,  through  the  agency  of  Mr.  Georges 
Lespinasse  purchased  Valentine  Hill,  a  plot  of 
ground  in  the  second  ward  of  the  city  of  Yonkers, 
lying  between  Valentine  Street,  Jerome  Ave.,  Mile 
Square  road,  the  land  of  James  Gordon  Bennett, 
and  Midland  Ave. 

Valen-tine  Hill  is  a  high  ridge  bordering 
Mile  Square  on  the  west.  '^  Its  summit  affords 
one  of  the  finest  views  in  Westchester  County. 
On  all  sides  is  a  fertile  country,  the  gentle  slopes 
of  the  hillsides  covered  with  beautiful  trees. 
Woodlands  abound  ;  while  along  the  lovely, 
romantic  country  roads  that  meet  here  and  stretch 

*  On  the  east  side  of  the  town  of  Yonkers  bounded  by  the  Bronx  River 
is  situated  an  attractive  piece  of  land  called  Mile  Square,  lying  princi- 
pally in  a  beautiful  valley  vvfatered  by  the  river  and  sheltered  by  pic- 
turesque hills.  This  tract  was  exempted  out  of  the  great  Manorial 
Tatent  of  1693,  and  appears  orioinally  to  have  formed  a  part  of  the 
possession  of  the  Doughtys  of  Flushing;  as  we  find  John  Doughty 
of  that  place,  in  1685,  selling  four  acres  of  land  here  in  one  square  mile 
to  Francis  F'rench  and  Ebenezer  Jones  and  John  Wascott. 


.S"C^r/7:A7A'.  47 

away  (mi  all  sides,  stately  residences  and  comfort- 
able farm  houses  dot  the  landsca])e.  Eastward  lies 
an  extensive  countrv  of  hills,  woods  and  valleys 
reaching  with  a  gentle  succession  of  undulations 
the  Long  Island  Sound,  whose  waters,  sparkling 
in  the  sunlight  and  white  with  the  Irequent  sail, 
carr\-  the  e\e  to  a  chain  of  light  blue  hills  bound- 
ing the  distant  horizon.  To  the  southeast  extends 
the  flourishing  village  ot  .Mount  \ernon,  its  church 
spires  standing  out  j)i"()minentlv.  N(jrthward  are 
the  Tuckahoe  Hills  as  far  as  the  eye  can  see,  while 
westward  the  \'onkers  ridge,  crowned  with  lofty 
trees  whose  openings  reveal  here  and  there  a 
glimpse  of  the  Hudson  vallev,  leads  up  to  the 
dark  wall  of  the  Palisades,  stretching  in  majestic 
grandeur  away  to  the  North.  Below  the  Hill  is  a 
valley  of  rich  rolling  land  wateied  1)\-  Tippet's 
brook  and  beautifulh'  wooded.  The  old  Croton 
.Aqueduct  winds  along  the  foot  of  the  Hill  while 
further  west  can  be  seen  the  New  A(]ueduct. 

The  land  known  as  the  \';ilcntine  Fai'm,  and,  par- 
ticularly, this  \'alentine's  Hill   with  \\hich  we  are 


48  SOUVENIR. 

concerned,  belonged  under  the  Crown  to  the  estate 
of  Frederick  Philipse,  Esq.,  and  fori:ned  part  of  the 
manor  of  I^hilipsburg-."-  When  Frederick  Philipse 
was  attainted,  his  estate  was  sequestrated.  On 
xMay  1 8,  1786,  Isaac  Stoutenburgh  and  f^hilip  Van 
Cortlandt,  commissioners  of  forfeiture,  con\'eyed 
238  acres  to  Thomas  Valentine,  for  the  consid- 
eration of  i?238o.  Thomas  Valentine  m  his 
will,  dated  July  15,  1800,  gave  the  farm  on  which 
he  lived  himself,  /.  c.  \'alentine's  Hill,  to  his  son 
Nathaniel,  who  in  turn  bequeathed  it  bv  will, 
dated  May  29,  1837  to  his  son  Elijah  Valentine. 
A  portion  of  it  was  conveyed  on  June  25,  i860  to 
John  R.  Haywood,  a  connection  of  the  A'alentines 
by  marriage,  it  would  appear  :  he  conveying  it  to 
Mary  A.Valentine  and  receiving  in  return  a  mort- 
gage of  $1  5,840.     Haywood  afterwards  sued  Marv 

*  The  Philipse  Manor  House  is  the  present  City  Hall  of  Yonkers. 
A  tablet  erected  therein  says  tliat  it  was  erected  in  1682  ;  that  the 
Manor  of  Philipsburg  was  erected  in  1693  ;  confiscated  by  act  of  the 
Legislature  of  New  York  in  1779,  and  sold  in  1785.  It  was  used  as 
a  private  residence  until  1868,  when  it  became  the  property  of  the 
city  of  Yonkers. 


SOUVEXIR.  49 

A.  Valentine,  and  in  pursuance  of  a  judgment  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  bought  back  the  property  which 
he  afterwards  sold  on  May  4,  1863,  to  Susan  Val- 
entine. Her  son,  Nathaniel,  and  her  daughter, 
Harriett  A.  Burtis,  became  possessed  of  equal 
shares  in  it  h\  the  demise  of  Susan  Valentine.  In 
October  30,  1882,  Harriett  sold  her  interest  to 
Nathaniel  who  thus  became  possessed  of  the  en- 
tire property.  Valentine  Hill,  therefore,  with  the 
adjoining  land,  has  been  occupied  bv  the  Valen- 
tine family  for  nearly  one  hundred  and  ten 
years.  There  was  an  old  bur^-ing  ground  in  the 
immediate  neighborhood  where  are  interred  the 
remains  of  Colonel  Thomas  Farringdon.  of  New- 
York  City,  and  several  members  of  the  Valentine 
and  Brown  families.  This  burving  ground  is  now 
included  in  the  Woodlawn  Cemetery. 

The  \'alentines  wishing  to  dispose  of  a  portion 
of  their  land  which  had  become  very  valuable  by 
reason  of  its  proximity  to  the  citv.  conveyed, 
on  March  6,  1890,  the  several  parcels  of  land  con- 
taining respectively,  6.251  acres,  14.047  acres,  and 


50  SOUVENIR. 

32.911  acres  to  Michael  A.  Corrigan,  for  the 
Slim  of  sixty-four  thousand,  one  hundred  and  forty- 
six  dollars,  and  seventy-seven  cents.     ($64,146.77). 

Valentine's  Hill,  like  the  grounds  of  the  old 
Seminary  at  Fordham,  has  many  historical  associ- 
ations. 

When  the  British  army,  in  October  1776,  occu- 
pied Westchester  County,  from  New  Rochelle  to 
White  Plains,  the  American  armies  moved  rapidly 
by  forced  marches  from  Harlem  Heights  along 
the  Tuckahoe  Road,  their  march  occupying  from 
October  12th,  to  October  21st.  The  Brigade  com- 
manded by  Brigadier  General  Lord  Stirling  was 
pushed  first  to  the  Mile  Square,  and  afterwards  to 
the  White  Plains.  Two  regiments  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts militia,  under  Major-General  Lincoln, 
were  sent  up  the  Hudson  river  to  watch  the 
movements  of  the  British  ships,  and  prevent  the 
landing  of  men,  while  the  headquarters  of  that 
division,  and  probably  its  two  remaining  regi- 
ments were  posted  on  Valentine's  Hill,  "  one  of 
those  ridges  which  still  form  a  distinguishing  fea- 


SOUVENIR.  31 

ture  in  the  topography  of  Westchester  County  : 
and  at  the  time  of  which  we  write,  the  most 
beautiful  of  the  high  grounds  extending  north- 
wardly as  far  as  the  White  Plains,  which  were 
subsequently  occupied  bv  detachments  of  the 
American  army,  while  the  main  body  of  that  army 
was  laboriously  and  painfully  occupied  in  its  famous 
retreat  with  its  baggage  and  stores  from  the 
Heights  of  Harlem  to  the  high  grounds  at  the  last 
mentioned  place.  And  General  Heath's  division 
was  posted  in  a  line  extending  from  Fort  Inde- 
pendence to  Valentine's  Hill.  It  is  said,  also,  that 
a  line  of  entrenched  encampments  was  formed 
along  the  high  grounds  on  the  western  side  of  the 
Bronx  Riyer,  from  Valentine's  Hill,  on  the  south 
to  Chatterton  Hill,  opposite  the  White  Plains  on 
the  north."  (Scharf's  History  of  Westchester 
County,  Vol.  I.  p.  414.) 

General  Washington  established  his  headquar- 
ters on  Valentine's  Hill,  just  previous  to  the  battle 
of  White  Plains.  The  information  possessed  by 
General    Washington   of    the   topography  of  the 


52  SOUVENIR. 

country,  in  the  vicinity  of  Valentine  Hill,  was 
meagre,  and  he  complains  very  much  of  the  gen- 
tlemen of  New  Yark,  from  whom  he  had  never 
been  able  to  obtain  a  plan  of  the  country.  Colonel 
Putman  in  disguise  reconnoitered  the  ground  and 
sketched  a  map,  giving  the  important  features  of 
the  country  and  positions,  but  as  will  be  seen  from 
the  map  reproduced  here,  the  ideas  about  the  posi- 
tion of  Valentine  Hill  with  regard  to  Yonkers 
were  very  hazy  and  misleading.  This  section  of 
Westchester  County  was  the  scene  of  the  actions 
of  the  "  Skinners  "  and  the  other  guerrillas  made 
famous  in  Cooper's  novel,  "  The  Spy."  It  abounds 
therefore  in  interesting  associations. 


Fart  II. 

XTbe  ISeoinning  of  tbe  Ibistorv  of  tbe 
IHew  Seminary. 

I. 

Theoeremony  of  tl^e  Dlessmgof  ti^e  oorner-^tone 
of  il^e  Kew  i^emmary  of  ^t.  Josepb- 


On  Pentecost  Sunday,  May  17th.  1S91,  His 
Grace,  the  Most  Reverend  Michael  Augustine 
Corrigan,  Archbishop  of  New  York,  in  the 
presence  of  probably  the  largest  concourse  of 
Catholics  ever  seen  in  this  country,  blessed  the 
corner-stone  of  the  new  Seminary  Building,  and 
also  the  corner-stone  of  the  new   Chapel. 

The  day  itself  was  perfect,  cool,  and  clear.  .In 
consequence  nearly  one  hundred  and  fifty  thous- 
and people  left  their  homes  to  witness  the  cere- 
mony. Of  these,  owing  to  a  lack  of  railroad 
accommodation,  only  about  eighty  thousand 
reached  the  grounds  at  Valentine  Hill. 

The  Most  Reverend  P.  J.  Rvan,  I).  D.,  Arch- 
bishop of  Philadelphia,  delivered  the  following 
address,  which  was  listened  to  with  eager  atten- 
tion bv  a  vast  audience  : 

53 


54  SOUVENIR. 

Archbishop  Ryan's  Address. 

•'  Confiding  in  Jesus  Christ,  we  place  this  first  stone  in  this  foun- 
dation, in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  so  that  here  may  flourish  true  ^"aith,  and  the  fear  of  God,  and 
fraternal  charity,  and  this  place  may  be  destined  for  prayer,  for  invok- 
ing and  praising  the  name  of  the  same  Jesus  Christ,  Our  Lord,  Who 
lives  and  reigns  God  with  the  Father,  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  forever  and 
ever.      Axnen."- Words  of  the  Ceremotiial  of  this  occasion. 

Most  Rev.  A  rcJibishop,  Rt.  Rev.  and  Rev.  Prelates  and 
Clergy,  and  Dear  Brethren  of  the  Laity  : 

I  can  expect  to  do  little  more  this  afternoon  than 
to  express  aloud,  and  thus,  perhaps,  render  more 
vivid  and  memorable,  the  thoughts  and  sentiments 
which  must  suggest  themselves  to  your  minds  and 
hearts  in  view  oi  the  interest  and  itnportance 
ot  this  occasion  ;  an  interest  and  importance  which 
should  not  be  confined  to  Catholics,  but  extend  to 
all  men,  who  desire  the  welfare  and  permanence 
of  Christian  society.  To  the  Catholic  this  occa- 
sion has  deep  significance.  He  knows  that 
Christianity  is  not  mereh'  a  collection  of  ethical 
principles  no  matter  how  admirable,  nor  the 
fortuitous  combination  of  persons  under  the  names 


SOUVENIR.  55 

of  Churches,  who  happen  to  agree  on  some  lead- 
ing doctrines  of  the  Founder  of  the  Christian  re- 
ligion, but  that  it  is,  and  ever  has  been  from  its 
foundation,  an  organism,  a  Kingdom  of  God  upon 
earth,  compacted  and  fitly  joined  together,  an  or- 
ganism of  which  the  Christian  Priesthood  is  an 
essential  and  inseparable  portion.  Christ  and  His 
Apostles  formed  the  first  Christian  Seminary,  and 
this  vSeminary  has  been  perpetuated  from  century 
to  century  continuing  in  the  world  the  divine 
priesthood  of  Our  Lord  with  all  its  great  powers, 
without  which  the  Church  cannot  be  conceived. 

Again,  it  is  well  known  that  in  proportion  to 
the  excellence  of  the  intellectual  and  moi-al  train- 
ing in  the  Seminary  shall  naturally  be  the  priests 
that  come  from  its  halls,  and  "  as  the  priest,  so  the 
people."  If  we  examine  the  histor)-  of  the  Church 
at  various  periods  and  in  various  countries,  we 
shall  find  that  the  great  body  of  the  people  were 
good  or  bad  or  indifferent  according  to  the  kind  of 
priests  that  ministered  to  them.  The  priest- 
hood should  be,  as  the  continued  priesthood  of 
Christ,  "the  salt  of  the  earth,"  "the  light  of  the 


56  SOUVENIR. 

world,  "  and  if  it  be  not  this,  it  becomes  a  curse  to 
the  world.  If  it  be  not  for  the  resurrection  it  be- 
comes for  the  fall  of  many. 

Hence  the  immense  importance  of  Seminary  in- 
stitutions for  the  welfare  of  all  the  children  of  the 
Church.  This  truth  is  particularly  emphasized 
by  the  fact  that  when  great  reformei"s  arose  in  the 
Church,  the}'  directed  their  first  and  most  earnest 
endeavors  towards  the  establishment  of  ecclesias- 
tical Seminaries,  the  professors  and  pupils  of 
which  should  be  filled  with  the  spirit  of  God. 
They  went  up  to  the  mountain  top,  to  the  well 
spring  of  religious  life  and  let  the  sweetening 
wood  fall  into  the  once  bitter  waters,  and  as  these 
waters  flowed  downward  and  leaped  over  the 
rocks  and  formed  the  cataracts  and  swept  by  the 
great  cities,  bearing  bread  for  the  children  of  men, 
they  retained  the  spiritual  sweetness  of  their 
mountain  heights. 

At  times,  the  Church,  like  her  individual  chil- 
dren, required  reformation,  not  in  doctrines  and 
teaching,  for  these  God  preserves  true  and  holy, 
but  in  the  morals  of  priests  and    people.     What 


SOUrENlR.  57 

God  has  fornietl  man  sliould  not  dare  to  reform. 
As  well  attempt  to  improve  the  mechanism  of  the 
Heavens  and  change  the  natural  laws  of  the  earth, 
as  reform  God's  work  or  the  supernatural  order. 
Hence  the  great  mistake  made  by  the  so-called 
reformers  of  the  sixteenth  century.  Had  they  at- 
tempted to  relorm,  not  God's  work  but  man's 
work,  not  doctrines  but  morals,  which  sadly 
needed  reform  in  priests  and  peoples,  they  might 
have  done  incalculable  good.  The  doctrines  were 
the  same  which  had  been  believed  in  the  primitive 
ages  of  ChristianilN,  and  with  which  and  bv  which 
saints  had  been  formed  at  the  very  time  of  the 
reformation.  Moral  not  dogmatic  reform  was 
needed.  This  the  great  Council  of  Trent  at- 
tempted and  to  a  great  extent  effected.  It  was  a 
reformation  from  within.  And  the  Council  di- 
rected its  special  attention  to  ecclesiastical  semi- 
naries. 

"  If,  "  says  Bishop  Hefele,  the  historian,  "  the 
Catholic  World  has  had  for  the  last  three  hun- 
dred vears  a  more  learned,  a  more  moral,  and 
more  pious  priesthood  than  that  which  existed  in 


58  SOUVENIR. 

almost  every  country,  before  the  so-called  Refor- 
mation, it  is  due  to  this  decree  of  the  Council  of 
Trent,  and  to  it,  in  this  age,  we  owe  our  thanks." 
The  Council  directed  that  preparatory  seminaries 
should  be  established  for  the  younger  aspirants  to 
the  ministry,  and  larger  ones  for  the  more  ad- 
vanced. 

Few  people  advert  to  the  long  course  of  studies 
and  training  required  for  the  priesthood  of  the 
Catholic  Church.  Tn  two  or  three  years  a  profes- 
sional man  may  become  a  clergyman  in  some  of 
the  non-Catholic  denominations,  and  if  he  please 
he  can  give  up  his  ministerial  calling,  and  return 
to  his  former  profession.  Not  so,  however,  in  the 
Catholic  Church.  In  it,  a  priest  once  is  a  priest 
forever.  The  indelible  mark  of  his  priesthcjod  is 
impressed  on  his  soul.  He  cannot  change.  Hence, 
the  immense  importance  of  his  training.  He  must 
have  a  desire  for  the  state,  an  aptitude  for  the 
state,  and  sufficient  virtue  to  preserve  his  inno- 
cence in  this  holy  position.  Because  some  were 
admitted  into  the  sanctuary  who  possessed  not 
these   qualifications,  great   abuses    crept    in  with 


SOUVENIR.  59 

them,  and  extended  to  the  whole  flock  of  Christ. 
Hence,  the  great  reforming  Council  of  Trent  re- 
solved to  lay  the  axe  to  the  rcx^t,  and  reform 
priesthood  and  people  by  reforming  the  seminar- 
ies, and  making  them  all  that  they  should  be.  The 
Council  was  justly  persuaded  that  it  was  better  to 
have  fewer  priests  thoroughh'  trained,  and  filled 
with  the  spirit  of  sacerdotal  piety,  than  many  tep- 
id or  unworthy  ones. 

The  priest  is  only  the  agent  of  God.  Through 
him  God  ordinarily  acts  on  his  people,  preaching 
and  baptizing,  and  forgiving  sins.  But  God  has 
not  abdicated  His  power  to  act  directly  on  hu- 
man souls,  and  it  is  infinitely  better  to  leave 
such  souls  to  God's  direct  action  than  to  permit 
them  to  be  scandalized  bv  un worth  v  priests, 
who  have  ever  been,  and  still  are,  the  Church's 
greatest  enemies — the  salt  that  has  lost  its  savor, 
and  is  fit  only  to  be  cast  out  and  trodden  under 
the  feet  of  men. 

But  the  Council  was  not  satisfied  with  the  per- 
sonal sanctity  of  the  candidates  for  the  sacred 
ministry.    The  Fathers  demanded  that  the  studies 


6o  SOUVENIR. 

in  these  seminaries  should  be  of  so  high  a  stan- 
dard that  the  CathoHc  priests  should  preserve 
their  places  as  the  great  leaders  of  thought  in  the 
world.  The  priest  was  to  be  the  model  man,  in- 
tellectuall}'  and  morally,  and  he  was  to  be  formed 
for  this  exalted  position  in  these  retreats  of  learn- 
ing and  sanctity.  St.  Charles  Borromeo  was  the 
first  to  carry  out  in  all  its  details  the  great  scheme 
for  the  establishment  of  well-regulated  ecclesiasti' 
cal  seminaries.  St.  Vincent  de  Paul  and  M.  Olier, 
the  founder  of  the  Sulpitians,  in  France,  in  1650, 
continued  the  great  work.  The  Sulpitians  were 
instituted  for  the  express  purpose  of  conducting 
clerical  seminaries,  and  the  good  they  have  done 
for  ecclesiastical  training,  and  through  this  for  the 
Church,  for  priests  and  people,  has  been  incalcu- 
lable. 

The  Bishops  who  ruled  this  great  diocese  in  the 
past  felt  the  importance  of  a  suitable  ecclesiastical 
seminary.  The  history  of  their  efforts  in  this  di- 
rection is  narrated  in  the  souvenir  pamphlet  of 
this  occasion,  which  renders  unnecessary  any  de- 
tailed account  of  them  bv  me. 


SOUVENIR.  6 1 

Your  devoted  Archbishop  is  acting-  out  the 
spirit  and  legislation  of  the  Church  and  her  re- 
forming saints  in  the  great  Seminary  about  to  be 
erected  on  this  spot.  Oh,  what  a  future  it  shall 
have  I  Hundreds,  even  thousands,  of  voung  men 
in  the  very  morning  of  life,  in  the  spring-tide  of  ex- 
istence, shall  leave  the  great  citv  vonder — leave 
human  love  and  human  ambition — and  entering 
into  the  chapel,  the  future  heart  of  this  great  in- 
stitute, shall  cry  out  in  the  inspired  enthusiasm  of 
their  vocations :  "We  shall  go  in  unto  the  altar 
of  God,  to  God  who  rejoiceth  our  youth."  "  Send 
forth  Thy  light  and  Thv  truth  ;  they  have  led  us 
and  brought  us  to  Thy  holy  hill  and  into  Thy  tab- 
ernacles." After  years  of  solitude,  prayer  and 
study  they  shall  go  forth  as  the  Apostles  of  Jesus 
Christ  went  forth  on  this  Pentecost  day,  and  en- 
tering again  into  the  great  city  they  shall  {pro- 
claim, in  words  ot  fire,  the  holy  truths  that  once 
converted  the  world,  and  which  alone  shall  pre- 
serve it  from  moral  destruction.  Back  to  this  re- 
treat shall  they  come  from  time  to  time  to  renew 
the    spirit   of    their   exalted   vocation,  and    to  go 


62  SOUVENIR. 

forth,  thus  renewed,  to  continue  their  great  work. 
The  mission  of  this  institution  is  thus  eloquently 
described  in  the  address  of  the  old  Seminary  to 
the  New,  in  the  Souvenir: 

Here  is  the  school  of  Christ — the  upper  room  — 
Where  men  shall  learn  to  know  the  bud  and  bloom 
Of  saintly  hves  ;  where  Christ  Himself  shall  teach. 
Illume  the  mind  and  wake  the  chords  of  speech 
Here  men  will  dwell,  to  learn  God's  holy  will. 
That  He  who  built  the  Church  must  guide  her  still. 

Christ  has  not  lied;    this  pompous  world  has  need 

Of  high  inspiring  word  and  god-like  deed 

Of  men  who  lift  themselves  above  the  clay 

And  yearn  to  show  their  fellow  men  the  way. 

Of  men  whose  spotless  souls  are  all  aflame 

To  teach  the  sweetness  of  the  saving  Name  ; 

Whose  words  and  works,  though  like  their  Lord  assailed, 

Prove  that  the  gates  of  hell  have  not  prevailed. 

And  for  the  non-Catholic,  and  even  for  the  non- 
believer  in  Christianitv  itself,  this  occasion  is  not 
without  interest.  From  a  human  standpoint  alone 
the  life  mission  of  a  Catholic  priest  is  a  glorious 
one.  His  love  for  and  attention  to  the  poor  and 
suffering   of  our   race ;  the   great  institutions   of 


SOUVENIR.  ^i 

beneficence  which  the  clergy  of  the  Church  have 
inaugurated  and  sustained  in  every  part  of  the 
world  ;  the  truths  so  conservative  of  human  socie- 
ty which  the  priest  constantly  inculcates ;  his*  re- 
spect for  authority  as  of  God's  institution ;  his 
efforts  for  temperance  and  brotherly  love  ;  all  the 
natural  virtues  which  he  fosters,  ought  to  render 
the  priest  the  best  benefactor  of  his  race,  and  the 
Seminary  in  which  he  has  been  formed  for  this 
glorious  mission,  an  object  of  interest  to  every 
lover  of  his  kind.  But  the  plenitude  of  interest 
is  found  of  course,  in  the  Catholic  heart.  How 
magnificent  and  consoling  is  the  scene  before  me. 
Here  on  this  Pentecost  da}-  are  represented  na- 
tions as  many  and  as  diverse  as  those  who  throng- 
ed the  streets  of  Jerusalem  at  the  first  Pentecost. 
On  that  day  each  man  heard  in  his  own  tongue 
the  wonderful  works  of  God  and  the  unity  lost  at 
Babel  was  restored  to  Jerusalem.  A  unity  greater 
than  this  was  produced  by  the  Christian  Church — 
a  sacramental  unity,  all  partaking  of  divine  grace 
flowing  from  the  seven  channels  from  the  heart  of 
God — a  governmental  unity,  all  bowing  in  rever- 


64  SOUVENIR. 

ence  and  docility  to  the  same  pastoral  authority, 
and  above  all  and  more  marvellous  than  all,  an  in- 
tellectual  unity,  all  believing  the  same  doctrines. 
We  need  these  unities  in  this  age  of  discord.  We 
need  that  the  Pentecostal  tongues  of  fire  should 
descend  again,  and  we  begin  to  build  the  Cenacle 
where  the  future  apostles  shall  await  in  holy 
prayer  their  descent. 

O  brethren,  aid  your  holy  and  devoted  Arch- 
bishop to  accomplish  what  he  and  you  commence 
to-day.  This  Seminary  shall  be  the  glory  of  his 
episcopate ;  and  in  that  glory  you  shall  be  par- 
takers ;  and  if,  as  the  Scriptures  assure  us,  those 
who  instruct  many  unto  justice  shall  shine  as  stars 
for  all  eternitv,  surely  they  who  contribute  to  the 
instructions  of  the  priests  and  Bishops  of  the  fu- 
ture shall  not  be  left  without  their  luminous 
reward  in  the  firmament  of  God. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  address,  Archbishop 
Corrigan  proceeded  to  bless  the  corner-stone  of 
the  chapel.  He  was  assisted  by  the  Right  Rev- 
erend Bishops  O'Farrell  of  Trenton,  Wigger  of 
Newark,    Conroy    of    Curium,    the    Right    Rev. 


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SOUVENIR.  65 

Bishop  Keane,  Rector  of  the  Catholic  University 
at  Washington,  the  Right  Reverend  Monsignor 
Preston,  V.  G.,  the  Very  Reverend  Monsignors 
Farlev  and  McDonnell,  the  \'erv  Rev.  Dr.  Gab- 
riels, President  of  St.  Joseph's  Seminary,  Troy, 
the  Ver)'  Rev.  Dr.  Hogan  of  the  Catholic  Uni- 
versity, the  V^ery  Rev.  Dr.  Rex,  President  of  St. 
John's  Seminary,  Brighton,  the  \"ery  Rev.  Dr. 
Magnien,  President  of  St.  Marv's  vSeminary, 
Baltimore,  the  Very  Rev.  Edward  Allen,  Presi- 
dent of  Mt.  St.  Marv's,  Emmittsburg,  the  Very 
Rev.  Fr.  Campbell,  S.  J.,  l^rovincial  of  the  Jesuits, 
the  Very  Rev.  Fr.  Wayrich,  C.SS.R.,  the  Very 
Rev.  Fr.  Spencer.  O.  P.,  the  Very  Rev.  Rural 
Deans,  McKenna  of  Westchester,  O'Flynn  of 
Saugerties,  and  Pennv  of  Newburgh,  and  most  of 
the  clergy  of  the  diocese. 

Among  the  societies  that  took  prominent  part 
in  the  celebration  were,  the  Society  of  St.  Vincent 
de  Paul,  the  Holy  Name  Societies,  the  Passion 
Sodality,  the  Bona  Mors  Confraternity,  The  Con- 
fraternity of  the  Holy  Familv,  the  Temperance 
Societies,  the  League  of  the  vSacred    Heart,  the 


66  SOUVENIR. 

Catholic  Club,  the  Catholic  Benevolent  Legion, 
the  Cadet  Corps  of  St.  John's  College,  Fordham, 
the  Catholic  Mutual  Benefit  Association,  the 
Catholic  Knights  of  America. 


11. 

Tbe     0peninq     of    \\)e     Kew    ^emmary. 

The  First  Mass. 

On  the  morning  of  the  i6th  of  July,  1896,  the  feast 
of  our  Lady  of  Mount  Carmel,  the  first  religious 
exercises  were  held  within  the  walls  of  the  new 
Seminary.  At  six  o'clock,  His  Grace,  the  Most 
Rev.  Archbishop,  blessed  the  Sisters'  Chapel, 
attended  by  his  Secretary,  Rev.  James  N.  Con- 
nolly; Rev.  Edward  R.  Uyer,  S.  S.,  Rector;  Rev. 
Richard  K.  Wakcham,  S.  S.,  Treasurer,  and  Rev. 
William  Livingston. 

After  the  Chapel  had  been  blessed,  the  Arch- 
bishop celebrated  the  first  Mass  in  presence  of 
those  already  named,  and  the  following  Sisters  of 
Charity  from  Mount  St.  Vincent:  Sister  Marie 
Therese,  Sister  Marcella,  Sister  Jane  de  Chantal. 
Sister  Maria  .Ambrose,  Sister  Mar}'  Angelus,  Sis- 
ter Theresa  Arthur,  Sister  Theresa  Mary,  Sister 

0; 


68  SOUVENIR. 

Mary  Lucy,  and  Sister  Maria  Genevieve.  Sister 
Mary  Lucina  and  Sister  Mary  Loyola  were  pres- 
ent at  the  second  Mass,  which  was  celebrated  by 
Father  Connolly,  and  served,  as  was  the  first  Mass, 
by  Mr.  McLaughlin.  The  third  Mass  was  cele- 
brated by  Father  Livingston,  the  fourth  by  Father 
Dyer,  and  the  fifth  bv  Father  Wakeham. 

After  breakfast  a  short  recess  was  taken,  and  at 
10:30  A.  M.  the  Archbishop,  attended  as  before, 
proceeded  to  bless  the  Sisters'  House,  the  power- 
house, laundry,  and  bakery.  There  was  no  display 
on  this  occasion.  Lovingly  and  reverently  each 
room  was  sprinkled  with  holy-water,  and  the 
earnest  pra3^er  of  the  ritual  repeated,  invoking 
God's  blessing  upon  every  part  of  the  house  thus 
dedicated  to  a  work  so  necessary  and  so  holy. 
The  Dedication  Ceremonies. 

The  vigil  for  the  veneration  of  the  Sacred 
Relics  to  be  deposited  in  the  altars  was  begun 
Sunday  evening.  August  9th,  in  the  Sisters'  Chapel, 
and  was  observed  during  the  whole  night. 

On  the  morning  of  the  loth,  at  six  o'clock,  the 
Archbishop  consecrated  the  main  altar  under  the 


SOUVENIR.  69 

patronage  oi  St.  Joseph,  placing  there  the  Relics 
of  St.  Honoratus,  St.  Agatha,  St.  James  the  Great- 
er and  St.  N^incent  de  Paul. 

The  Altar  of  the  Sacred  Heart  was  then  con- 
secrated,and  the  Relicsof  St.  Sevei"inus,  St.  Jidia, 
St.  Ambrose,  and  St.  Alphonsiis  Liguori  were 
placed  therein. 

The  consecration  of  the  Altar  of  the  Assump- 
tion was  reserved  for  the  consecration  of  the 
Chapel  proper,  which  will  take  place  in  1898. 

Iminediately  after  the  ceremonies,  the  Most 
Rev.  Archbishop  celebrated  the  first  Mass  on  the 
high  altar  of  the  Chapel,  and  the  Mass  of  Thanks- 
giving was  celebrated  on  the  same  altar  bv  the 
Archbishop's  Secretary,  Father  ConnoUv.  The 
first  Mass  celebrated  at  the  Altar  of  the  Sacred 
Heart  was  said  bv  Rev.  M.  J.  Lavelle,  Rector  of 
the  Cathedral. 

The  eve  of  the  dedication  was  deemed  an  oj»- 
portune  time  for  the  blessing  of  the  Seminary 
proper.  Bishop  McOuaid  of  Rochester,  at  the 
request  of  .Archbishop  Corrigan.  performed  this 
work  as  a  labor  of  love.     He   blessed   the  main 


70  SOUVENIR. 

building,  which  is  to  be  used  by  the  Professors 
and  students,  leaving  the  Chapel  to  be  solemnly 
blessed  next  morning  by  the  Archbishop. 

At  six  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  twelfth, 
the  day  was  begun  by  a  proper  and  patriotic  cele- 
bration on  the  lawn  in  front  of  the  Seminar}'.  A 
magnificent  American  flag,  twenty  by  thirty  feet 
in  size,  and  having  the  complete  number  of  stars, 
was  blessed  by  the  Rev.  James  N.  Connolly,  as- 
sisted-by  Father  Driscoll  and  Mr.  McLaughlin. 
The  three  then  raised  the  banner  of  liberty  to 
the  top  of  a  large  white  pole,  which  stands  near 
the  southeastern  wing  of  the  building.  Thus, 
under  the  protection  of  the  great  ensign,  stands 
St.  Joseph's  Seminary,  not  needing  any  other 
name.  There  are  no  signs  or  tokens  of  TDyalty 
about  the  place,  but  there  are,  and  there  will  con- 
tinue to  be,  every  sign  and  token  of  loyalty  to 
the  American  flag  and  the  American  Constitution. 

Promptly  at  ten  o'clock  the  Archbishop,  attend- 
ed bv  Dean  Lings  of  Yonkers  and  Dean  Sweeney 
of  Kingston,  began  the  ceremony  of  blessing  of 
the  new  house  of  the   Lord,  and   as    the    priests 


SOi'l'ENIR.  71 

inarched  around  in  procession  robed  in  cassock 
and  surplice,  they  found  the  Chapel  a  lair  and 
gladdening-  sight.  The  paintings  behind  the 
high  altar  were  illumined  by  electric  lights  con- 
cealed behind  the  pillars  and  arch  of  the  apse. 
The  sanctuary  was  a  dream  of  golden  glory,  while 
the  simple,  chaste  beauty  of  the  mosaic  floor,  the 
richness  of  the  oaken  stalls,  the  splendor  of  the 
marbled  columns,  and  the  wondrous  color  har- 
monies of  the  stained  glass  windows,  sent  a  thrill 
of  exultation  through  the  souls  of  those  who  love 
and  appreciate  the  glory  of  the  house  of  God. 

When  the  ceremony  of  the  blessing  was  finished, 
the  procession  for  the  Solemn  Pontifical  Mass 
entered  the  Chapel.  His  Eminence,  Cardinal 
Satolli,  was  the  celebrant,  attended  by  Very  Rev. 
Monsignor  Joseph  F.  Moonev,  V.  G.,  as  Assistant 
Priest,  Rev.  John  Edwards  and  Rev.  Charles  \\. 
Colton  as  Deacons  of  Honor,  Rev.  John  J.  Kean, 
Deacon,  and  Rev.  Matthew  A.  Taylor,  Subdea- 
con  of  the  Mass.  The  Masters  of  Ceremonies 
were  Rev.  James  N.  Connolly,  Rev.  Wm.  J. 
Guinon,   D.D.,    and     Mr.    Wm.    S.    McLaughlin. 


;2  SOUrENIR. 

The  Subdeacon  of  the  Cross  was  Rev.  Thomas 
M.  O'Keefe.  Rev.  John  J,  McCabe  was  Censer 
Bearer  ;  Rev.  Henry  O'Carroll,  Incense  Bearer  ; 
Rev.  Luke  J.  Evers  and  Rev.  Michael  Walsh, 
Acolytes  ;  Rev.  James  D.  Lennon,  Mitre  Bearer  ; 
Rev.  James  P.  O'Brien,  Crozier  Bearer;  Rev. 
Arthur  J.  Kenny,  Jr.,  Candle  Bearer;  Rev.  P.J. 
Mahoney,  D.D.,  Book  Bearer,  and  Rev.  Thos.  F. 
Myhan,  Master  of  Choir. 

Seated  in  the  Sanctuary  were  Bishop  McQuaid 
of  Rochester,  Bishop  Wigger  of  Newark,  Bishop 
Ludden  of  Syracuse,  Bishop  Gabriels  of  Ogdens- 
burg,  Bishop  McDonnell  of  Brooklyn,  Bishop 
Burke  of  Albany,  Bishop  McFaul  of  Trenton,  and 
the  Archbishop,  attended  by  Very  Rev.  Albert  A. 
Lings,  V.  F.,  and  Rev.  Michael  J.  Lavelle.  More 
than  two  hundred  priests  occupied  the  stalls,  with  a 
few  laymen  invited  as  special  guests  by  reason  of 
their  great  interest  in  the  building  of  the  Seminary. 

About  twenty  priests  acted  as  a  special  choir, 
and  sang  the  Gregorian  Mass  under  the  direction 
of  Rev.  Anthony  Lammel,  whose  ability  as  a 
musician  has  long  been  known  and  appreciated. 


SOUVENIR.  -J  I 

When  the  solemn  services  were  finished,  the 
Rt.  Rev.  John  M.  Farley,  D.D.,  Auxiliary  Bishop 
of  New  York,  ascended  the  altar,  and  read  the 
following  cablegrams  of  blessing  and  congratu- 
lation. 

The  first  was  a  blessing  from  the  Pope,  and  was 
addressed  to  His  Eminence,  Cardinal  Satolli : 
"  The  Holy  Father,  on  the  occasion  of  the  blessing 
of  the  new  Seminary  of  New  York,  congratulates 
the  Most  Rev.  Archbishop,  and  from  the  fulness 
of  his  heart  imparts  to  His  Grace,  to  the  students 
of  the  Seminary,  and  to  all  the  clergy  of  the  dio- 
cese, his  apostolic  benediction. 

"  M.  Cardinal  Rampolla." 

Cardmal  Ledochowski's  c<jmmunication  was 
addressed  to  Archbishop  Corrigan,  and  was  as 
follows : 

"  1  congratulate  your  Grace,  and  rejoice  with 
you  most  sincerely,  that  through  your  zeal  and 
energy  a  building  so  monumental  and  so  useful 
tor  the  training  of  the  young  clergy  has  been 
completed  ;  and  far  from  the  scene  of  your  labors, 
1  invoke  from  my   heart   the   blessing  of  Heaven 


74  SOUVENIR. 

upon  the  work,  and  pray  that  the  young-  priests 
who  shall  be  educated  in  this  Seminary,  which  is 
a  perfect  model  of  its  kind,  may  become  also  pei- 
fect  models  of  the  Catholic  priesthood. 

"  M.  Cardinal  Ledochcavski.'" 

After  reading-  these  documents  Bishop  Farlev 
preached  the  following  sermon,  taking  for  his 
text  the  words  : 

"  Wisdom  hath  built  herself  a  house." 

"  It. has  passed  into  a  proverb  of  two  worlds,  that 
the  progress  of  the  Church  in  the  United  States 
has  no  parallel  in  the  history  of  Christendom.  Be 
this  said  with  all  humility,  and  let  us  not  take  to 
ourselves  the  glor}^  that  belongs  to  another.  '  If 
Paul  plants  and  Apollo  waters,  it  is  God  alone 
that  giveth  the  increase.'  Nowhere  in  this  broad 
land  has  this  progress  of  our  holy  faith  been  so 
marked  as  in  this,  our  own  great  city  and  diocese. 

"  Only  four-score  years  ago  the  first  resident 
Bishop  took  possession  of  his  See,  and  New  York 
became  a  separate  ecclesiastical  jurisdiction. 

"  When  one  tries  to  realize  the  condition  of  tiie 
Catholics  of  New  York  eighty  years  ago,  when 


SOUVENIR.  75 

Bishop  Connolly  entered  upon  his  episcopal  office 
with  two  small  churches  all-sufficient  for  the  total 
Catholic  population  of  the  city,  with  a  few  thou- 
sand souls  scattered  throu^-hout  the  lens;th  and 
breadth  of  the  States  of  New  York  and  New  Jer- 
sey, with  scarcely  a  dozen  priests  to  minister  to 
the  spiritual  wants  of  all  ;  when  one  contrasts  that 
state  of  things  wnth  what  we  see  around  us  to- 
day, one  is  forced  to  say,  surely  '  the  finger  of 
God  is  here." 

"In  the  interval  between  this  present  da}' of  grace 
and  thanksg^ivino^  wdiich  has  brought  us  here,  and 
the  coming  of  the  first  resident  Bishop,  there  have 
been  days  that  stand  out  as  milestones  along  this 
path  of  progress, — days  fraught  with  jov  and 
happiness  in  the  memory  of  many  yet  living. 
Nay,  this  whole  wondrous  history  has  all  come  to 
pass  in  the  lifetime  of  our  glorious  reigning  Soy- 
ereign  Pontiff,  Leo  XI 11.,^ — qitem  Dcjis  din  sospitcm 
incoliimcnqiie  co?iservet. 

"  It  was  a  joy  to  the  hearts  of  all  the  people  and 
clerg)'  when  the  first  twelve  laborious  years  of 
Bishop  Hughes'  episcopate  were    crowned   with 


76  SOUVENIR. 

the  pallium,  and  he  became  the  first  Archbishop  of 
New  York.  It  was  an  epoch  in  the  life  of  the 
Church  when  that  great  Archbishop,  verging  to 
the  close  of  his  illustrious  career,  laid  the  foun- 
dation of  his  own  monument — the  grand  Cathe- 
dral of  our  city.  It  was  a  day  never  to  be  for- 
gotten when  we  saw  his  wise  and  saintly  successor 
stand  forth  *  a  Prince  of  the  Church,  in  the  roy- 
al dye  of  empire  and  of  martyrdom,  a  pledge  to 
us  from  Rome  of  Rome's  unwearied  love,  a  token 
that  the  American  hierarchy  was  firm  in  Apostolic 
faith  and  hope.'  It  was  a  day  of  virtuous  pride 
and  gratitude  when  the  first  American  Cardinal 
dedicated  to  the  serx'ice  of  the  Most  High  the 
grandest  cathedral  ever  raised  to  the  honor  and 
glory  of  God  on  this  continent. 

"  It  was  a  day  full  of  hope  and  divinest  promise 
when,  fiye  years  ago,  100,000  of  the  faithful  from 
all  parts  of  this  vast  diocese,  with  their  pastors  at 
their  head,  at  the  invitation  of  their  venerated 
Archbishop,  gathered  around  this  place  to  witness 
the  planting  of  the  tree  under  whose  spreading 
shade  we  repose  to-day,  and  of  which  for  ages  to 


SOUriiNIR.  77 

come  this  diocese  shall  enjoy  the  consecrated  fruit. 
"  What  went  that  multitude  out  into  that  desert 
to  see  ?  They  went  to  testify  their  loyalty  to  the 
head  of  this  diocese,  and  their  love  for  the  holy 
priesthood.  They  saw  in  faith  the  multitudes  of 
God's  ministers,  who  should  be  taught  and  trained, 
dedicated  to  God's  service  here — priests  des- 
tined to  break  the  bread  of  life  to  them  and  their 
children  and  their  children's  children.  They  came 
to  register  their  devotion  to  the  grand  cause  of 
Christian  education  in  its  highest  and  holiest 
sense.  Thev  came  to  proclaim  their  faith  in  the 
fact  that  the  hour  had  come  to  lav  the  foundations 
of  the  greatest  ecclesiastical  seminary  on  the  con- 
tinent, and  that  with  the  hour  had  come  the  man 
to  carrv  that  divine  work  to  its  most  perfect  com- 
pletion. They  came  to  pledge  themselves  to  hold 
up  his  hands  in  this  arduous  undertaking, —  the 
most  important  work  for  education  and  religion 
ever  projected  in  this  diocese.  Who  that  witnessed 
that  generous  outpouring  of  loyalty  could  doubt 
that  the  work  begun  that  day  would  lag  for  lack 
of  liberal  support? 


78  SOUVENIR. 

"  I  have  said  that  it  was  the  most  important 
work  ever  undertaken  in  the  cause  of  faith  and 
learning.  For  it  was  designed  to  make  that  pro- 
vision for  souls  without  which  the  Church  would 
fail  and  fade  from  the  earth.  It  was  to  do  for  the 
Church  of  our  day  what  Christ  was  pleased  to  do 
in  the  beginning  to  ensure  the  success  of  His  Di- 
vine plans,  when  He  made  choice  of  His  Apos- 
tles. The  chosen  twelve  were  the  first  seminar- 
ians, and  the  three  vears  spent  at  the  feet  of  the 
Master  by  the  lakes  and  on  the  mountain  sides  of 
Judea  was  their  seminary  life.  These  years  of 
teaching  by  Christ's  words  and  example  had  to 
precede  the  divine  commission  which  all  priests 
receive.  Not  until  He  had  inured  theni  to  self- 
denial,  to  habits  of  meditation  on  things  oi  lieav- 
en  and  eternitv  ;  until  He  had  led  them  into  the 
knowledge  of  the  sacred  mysteries  of  His  holy 
doctrine  ;  not  until  then  did  He  say  to  them : 
'  Go,  teach  all  nations,  teaching  them  all  things 
whatsoever  I  have  commanded  you.' 

"  Not  until  His  last  night  on  earth  with  them  did 
He  sav  to  them  :    '  Do  this  in  commemoration  of 


SOClliNJR.  79 

Me,'  thus  imparting  to  tliem  tiie  awful  power  of 
offering  to  the  living  God  the  sacrifice  of  His 
own  (iivinit\   and  humanity  for  the  sins  of  men. 

"  Not  until  those  first  seminarians  had  the  ha- 
tred and  horror  of  sin  burned  into  their  soids,  had 
learned  and  looked  upon  the  mystery  of  sin  in  all 
its  hideous  deformity,  in  the  crime  of  Calvarx', 
did  the  Son  of  God  say  to  them  :  '  Receive  ye 
the  Holy  Ghost;  whose  sins  vou  shall  forgive 
they  are  forgiven  them,  and  whose  sins  you  shall 
retain  they  are  retained.' 

"Even  so,  brethren,  to  this  day,  and  so  it  will  be 
to  the  end,  has  the  Church  His  spouse  done  and 
shall  do  in  making  choice  of  her  ministers.  Until 
she  has  moulded  them,  as  far  as  poor  human  na- 
ture will  allow,  into  other  Ciirists  by  meditation 
on  this  highest  model,  until  they  have  acquired 
such  knowledge  of  sacred  and  profane  things  as 
their  high  mission  and  the  times  and  circumstan- 
ces demand,  will  the  Church  intrust  to  them  a 
ministry  not  given  to  angels. 

"  Warned  bv  the  Apostle  '  to  impose  not  hands 
lightly  on  any  man,'  and  remembering  that  none 


80  SOUVENIR. 

must  assume  to  himself  this  sacred  office  unless 
called  by  God,  as  Aaron  and  the  Apostles  were,  the 
Bishops  of  the  Church  in  all  ages,  in  whom  alone 
resides  the  power  of  renewing  and  perpetuating 
the  sacerdotal  line,  have  held  it  to  be  the  gravest 
responsibility  of  their  office,  to  make  choice  of 
the  most  worthy  to  whom  they  may  commit  the 
powers  and  commission  of  the  divine  aposto- 
late. 

"  A.nd  thus  it  came  to  pass  that  from  the  earliest 
ages  of  the  Church  the  Bishops  trained  the  candi- 
dates for  the  holy  priesthood  either  under  their 
own  roof  or  in  seminaries  specially  adapted  for 
the  purpose,  but  always  under  their  own  eye  or 
under  the  direction  of  trusted,  learned,  and  holy 
men.  And  whenever  this  wise  provision  was  ne- 
glected or  departed  from,  the  priesthood  deteri- 
orated, learning  languished,  morals  relaxed  and 
evils  unnumbered  fell  upon  the  Church. 

"  Tt  was  the  multitude  of  such  evils  that  led  the 
Council  of  Trent  to  decree  that  wherever  pos- 
sible it  was  the  duty  of  the  Bishops  to  see  that 
candidates  for  the  hoi}'  ministry  should  be  trained 


S0ri7iN/A\  8 1 

in  diocesan  seminaries  under  the  very  eye  of  the 
Bishops  themselves. 

"  Hence  we  ^nd  that  the  holiest  and  most  apos- 
tolic amongst  the  Bishops  of  modern  times,  like 
St.  Charles  Borromeo  and  St.  Alphonsus  Liguori, 
whose  lives  were  full  of  almost  superhuman  la- 
bors and  cares,  gave  their  gravest  thoughts  and 
the  greatest  part  of  their  time  to  the  care  of  their 
3'oung  clergv  in  their  seminaries.  St.  Alphonsus 
used  to  call  his  seminary  '  the  apple  of  his  eye, 
the  jewel  of  his  diocese."  Nothing  seemed  too 
much  if  it  i-elated  to  the  young  clerg3\  '  All  my 
clergy  are  mv  crown."  he  said,  "  but  1  depend 
most  on  the  seminary  to  cultivate  and  make  mor- 
alitv  reign  throughout  the  diocese.'  And  St. 
Charles  Borromeo,  whose  princely  private  for- 
tune and  large  ecclesiastical  revenues  were  all  too 
meagre  to  meet  the  desires  of  his  charitable  soul, 
gave  moix-  liberally  to  his  seminaries  than  to  any 
other  of  liis  works;  even  as  one  whom  we  all  so 
revere  has  been  the  fcjremost  amongst  the  bene- 
factors will)  have  built  up  this  splendid  institu- 
tion.    Look  around   vou  and   sav  if  this  Chapel, 


82  SOUVENIR. 

his  gift — the  holy  of  holies  of  this  sacred  place — 
is  not  worthy  of  him  who  has  taken  St.  Charles 
for  his  model ! 

"  It  has  always  been  the  ardent  desire  of  the  Bish- 
ops of  this  diocese  to  have  a  seminary  of  its  own. 
As  far  back  as  the  time  of  Bishop  Dubois,  when 
the  resources  of  this  diocese  were  hardly  suf- 
ficient to  provide  the  Sacraments  for  the  faithful, 
when  the  churches  were  few  and  poor,  and  the 
people  likewise,  the  holy  Bishop  undertook  the 
building  of  a  college  and  seminary  at  Nvack-on- 
the-Hudson.  But  an  accident  shortly  reduced 
the  place  to  ashes.  His  illustrious  successor,  the 
first  Archbishop,  after  some  years  established  the 
Seminary  of  St.  Joseph  at  Fordham,  which  flour- 
ished for  many  years,  and  gave  many  noble  and 
zealous  clergy  to  the  diocese  of  New  York  ; 
amongst  them  the  three  late  Vicars-General, 
Starrs,  Ouinn,  and  Preston.  But  for  economic 
reasons  it  was  found  necessary  for  all  the  dioceses 
of  the  province  to  unite  in  one  Provincial  Semin- 
ary, which  was  established  at  Troy.  There  for  a 
generation  the  clergy  of  New  York  were  instruct- 


SOUl'hNIR.  83 

ed  and  moulded  under  a  body  of  learned  and  de- 
voted priests,  to  whom  this  province  and  diocese 
must  ever  remain  deeply  grateful.  For  if  this 
vast  diocese,  one  of  the  largest  and  most  impor- 
tant in  the  whole  Church,  with  its  800,000  scju Is,  is 
zcalouslv  and  laithfullv  cared  for  froin  the  cen- 
tre of  the  metropolis  to  the  remotest  mountain  mis- 
sion ;  if  it  is  provided  with  spacious  and  handsome 
churches  and  schools  and  charitable  institutions, 
it  is  after  God  and  under  direction  of  the  Arch- 
bishops, mainly  owing  to  the  splendid  body  of 
priests,  numbering  to-dav  fully  90  per  cent,  of  the 
clergy  of  the  diocese,  who  have  been  so  ablv  and 
efficiently  trained  and  formed  in  St.  Joseph's  Sem- 
inary, Trov.  which,  full  of  years  and  of  merits, 
having  tulhlled  its  mission,  has  ncjw  passed  away. 
"  The  time  had  come  for  New  York  to  have  her 
own  seminarv  within  her  own  limits,  as  had  been 
originally  intended  by  the  former  Bishops  of  the 
diocese;  a  seminarv  so  placed  that  it  should  be 
under  the  eye  and  immediate  guidance  of  the 
head  of  the  diocese.  That  the  time  was  ripe  for 
it  is  evidenced  by  the  marvellous  success  that  has 


84  SOUVENIR. 

attended  the  work  from  the  moment  of  its  incep- 
tion. Tliat  within  five  years  from  the  laying  of 
the  first  stone,  '  this  monumental  structure,  the 
most  perfect  model  of  its  kind,'  as  Cardinal  Led- 
ochowski  calls  it  truly,  should  have  reached  com- 
pletion, with  only  such  a  residue  of  debt  as  a  brief 
space  will  wipe  out,  is  something-  without  pre- 
cedent in  the  Church  of  this  country. 

"  All  know  to  whose  energy  and  zeal  this  won- 
drous success  is  due.  He  took  no  rest  or  re- 
pose till  it  was  accomplished.  To  him  may  be 
applied  in  this  instance  the  words  of  Scripture  : 
*  He  vowed  a  vow  to  the  God  of  Jacob  :  if  1 
shall  enter  into  the  tabernacle  of  my  house,  if  1 
shall  go  up  to  the  bed  in  which  I  lie,  if  I  shall 
give  sleep  to  my  eyes  or  slumber  to  my  eyelids, 
or  rest  to  my  temples,  until  I  find  a  place  for  the 
Lord,  a  tabernacle  for  the  God  of  Jacob.'  1 
know  that  I  am  violating  the  reserve  which  is 
peculiarly  his  when  I  speak  thus  ;  but  I  cannot  on 
such  an  occasion  suppress  the  expression  of  what 
!  know  to  be  the  feelings  of  all  here  to-day. 

"  Your  Grace,  this  must  be  for  sow  one  of  the 


SOUVENIR.  85 

most  consoling  days  of  your  life.  Your  heart 
goes  out  in  thanksgiving  to  Almighty  God,  with- 
out whose  help  '  they  labor  in  vain  who  build,' 
that  vou  have  lived  to  see  this  day.  Your  il- 
lustrious predecessors  in  this  See  sighed  to  be- 
hold this  day ;  they  saw  it  in  spirit  and  were  glad. 
The\'  knew  it  would  come, — that  God  would  pro- 
vide the  means  and  the  man.  The}^  see  it  to-day 
from  on  high.  As  vour  anointed  brow  bowed 
down  this  morning,  whilst  the  '■  gratias  agimus 
tibi '  ascended  to  heaven  from  the  tongue  of  the 
Eminent  Prince  celebrant,  and  on  the  wings  of  the 
Church's  glorious  chant  from  the  lips  of  the  con- 
secrated choir  of  priests,  methought  I  saw — who 
could  help  thinking  so? — amidst  the  just  made 
perfect,  the  spirits  of  your  eminent  and  illustrious 
predecessors  in  this  See  —  McCloskev,  Hughes, 
Dubois,  and  Connolly, — with  the  whole  host  of 
holy  patrons  of  the  churches  and  institutions 
of  this  diocese,  take  up  that  chant  and  repeat, 
'gratias  aginnis  Tibi,  Domine  Deus,  Agnus  Dci^ 
Who  can  dcnibt  that  as  they  laid  at  the  feet  of 
the  Lamb,  this  latest  and  greatest  gift  of  a  grate- 


86  SOUVENIR. 

ful  clergy  and  people,  this  future  home  of  piety 
and  learning,  who  can  doubt,  I  say.  that  these 
holy  patrons  and  prelates  united  their  prayers 
and  pleadings  with  those  that  fill  vour  heart  and 
the  hearts  of  all  the  prelates  and  priests  and  peo- 
ple here  to-day,  that  the  Eternal  Father  would 
pour  out  upon  this  Seminar}-  and  upon  all  who 
shall  dwell  therein,  the  fulness  of  His  blessing  ; 
that  the  Great  High-Priest  may  make  interces- 
sion for  those  who  are  to  be  made  after  His  like- 
ness here  ;  that  they  may  be  most  perfect  models ; 
that  the  Holy  Spirit  may  diffuse  upon  the  soids 
of  the  young  levites  soon  and  for  centuries  to 
come,  to  fill  these  noble  halls,  His  light  and  His 
grace ;  that  as  generation  after  generation  of 
young  priests  go  forth  from  these  sacred  pre- 
cincts, they  may  bear  away  with  them  the  ful- 
ness of  His  wisdom  and  understanding,  and  coun- 
sel and  fortitude,  and  knowledge,  and  piety,  and 
the  fear  of  the  Lord  I  That  they  may  go  and 
bring  forth  fruit,  and  that  their  fruit  remain,  to 
the  honor  and  glory  of  God,  to  the  salvation  of 
souls,  and  to  the  lifting  up  of  this  our  own  belov- 


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SOUVENIR.  87 

ed   countr)'    to  still   higher   planes   of    truth    and 
honor  and  national  prosperity.  " 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  sermon,  the  Archbish- 
op, in  cope  and  mitre,  standing  before  the  high 
altar,  intoned  the  Te  JJeum,  and  immediately  the 
Bishops  and  Priests  took  up  the  strain.  The 
glorious  old  anthem  of  praise  and  glory  and  grati- 
tude rolled  and  echoed  through  the  noble  arches 
of  the  Chapel  and  soared  aloft  to  God. 
The  Dedication   Dinner. 

At  about  one  o'clock  dinner  was  served  in  the 
large  students'  dining  hall.  There  were  no  toast 
cards,  nor  was  it  intended  that  any  number  of 
speeches  should  be  made.  It  was  impossible,  how- 
ever, even  though  the  heat  was  exceedingly  op- 
pressive, to  let  such  an  occasion  pass  without  some 
expression  of  the  gladness  that  beamed  from  the 
faces  of  all  who  were  present.  Towards  the  end 
of  the  dinner  Archbishop  Corrigan  rose,  amid  a 
storm  of  hearty  and  sustained  applause.  His 
Grace  waited  till  quiet  was  restored,  and  then 
spoke  in  his  usual  happy  and  gracefully-worded 
style. 


88  SOUVENIR. 

The  Archbishop's  Speech. 

"  Yojir  Eminence,  Right  Revere)id  Bishops,  Prelates^ 
ai'd  Reverend  FntJicrs : — In  consideration  of  the 
great  heat  of  the  day,  a  desire  has  been  expressed, 
in  an  authoritative  quarter,  to  dispense  with  the 
usual  toasts,  but  we  cannot  allow  this  happy  occa- 
sion to  pass  without  proposing,  as  1  shall  do  a 
moment  later,  at  least  one  health,  that  will  strike 
a  responsive  chord  in  the  hearts  of  all  present. 
Meanwhile,  as  in  parentheses,  permit  me  to  give 
vent  to  the  profound  feelings  of  heartfelt  gratitude 
with  which  all  the  incidents  of  this  dav  overwhelm 
me.  In  particular,  I  beg  to  thank  His  Eminence, 
the  representative  of  the  Holy  Father,  forhisgieat 
kindness  in  honoring  this  feast  with  his  presence, 
and  thus  making  us  realize  more  vividly  the  lo\- 
inof  benediction  which  His  Holiness  has  been 
pleased  to  impart  on  this  joyful  occasicMi.  Cordial 
thanks  are  also  due  to  the  venerable  Bishops  of 
this  Province  for  their  gracious  attendance,  not- 
withstanding other  duties,  distance,  and  uninviting 
weather,  and  for  the  kind  felicitations  which  they 
have  been  good  enough  to  express.     But  especial- 


SOUVENIR.  89 

ly  on  this  clay  of  days,  deep  gratitude  is  tendered 
to   those  who  have  so  noblv  aided   in   tiiis  impor- 
tant work  from  its  very  foundation,  the  zealous  and 
generous  Clergy,  and  the  no  less  devoted  Laity  of 
this  diocese.     Notwithstanding  the  hard  times  and 
the  financial    depression    that   have   prevailed    for 
the  i)ast  five  years,  the  living  spring  of  charity 
has  never  ceased  to  flow  ;  nor  was  it  found  neces- 
sary to  suspend  the  work,  through  lack  of  funds, 
even  for  a  day.       Signal  gratitude  is  due  to  the 
gentlemen,  both  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity,  who  form 
the   Committee   of    Ways  and   Means.     They  as- 
sisted in  chocising  this  site,  in  approving  the  plans 
and  contracts,  in  obtaining   the    necessary    funds  ; 
and  trom  the  \erv  outset  have  given  the  benefit  of 
their  advice,   I  heir   encouragement   and   suppdit, 
and  their  experience.       In    the    furnishing   of   the 
Seminarv,  the  services  of  the   Sisters  of    Charilv 
have   been   iiualuable:  and,  in  this  connection,   I 
cannot  omit    the   untiring   zeal    of    my  secretary, 
Father  Connolly,   who    has   (le\-oted    months   and 
months  in  looking  after  innumerable  details  as  re- 
gards the  construction  and  liijhtinir  of  the  build- 


90  SO(J]'E!VIK. 

ing,  the  equipment  of  the  chapel  and  sacristy, 
the  health,  the  comfort,  and  the  conveniences  of  the 
students. 

"  Permit  me,  in  conclusion,  to  welcome  to  the 
diocese,  and  to  commend  most  kindly  to  all  pres- 
ent, the  Sulpician  Fathers  who  are  to  have  charge 
of  this  institution.  Thus  far  they  are  known  to  the 
majority  of  us  only  by  reputation, — a  reputation 
for  earnest  and  sustained  devotion  to  their  work 
which  was  voiced  so  impressively  on  his  death- 
bed by  the  illustrious  Fenelon,  when  he  declared  : 
'  I  know  nothing  in  the  Church  of  God  more  ven- 
erable or  more  apostolic  than  the  Society  of  St. 
Sulpice.'  It  is  safe  to  predict  that  the  more 
thoroughly  we  know  these  reverend  gentlemen, 
the  greater  will  be  our  regard  for  them,  our  rev- 
erent esteem,  and  our  admiration. 

"And  now,  closing  the  parenthesis  already  long- 
drawn-out,  permit  me,  your  Eminence,  Rt.  Rev- 
erend and  Reverend  Brethren,  to  propose  to  you 
the  health,  the  long  life  and  happiness  of  our 
Holy  Father,  Pope  Leo  Xiil.  'May  the  Lord 
preserve  him.  and  give  him  life,  and  make  him 


SOC/l'ENIR.  91 

blessed  upon  the  earth  ;  and  deliver  him  not  up 
to  the  will  of  his  enemies!  ' 

"  I  trust  His  Eminence,  Cardinal  Satolli,  the  re- 
vered representative  of  our  Holy  Father,  will  not 
refuse  to  sav  a  few  words." 

Cardinal  Satolli,  on  rising,  was  greeted  with 
warm  and  enthusiastic  applause.  He  said  a  few 
words  in  English  bv  way  of  introduction,  and 
then  began  in  Latin  an  address  which  stirred  the 
hearts  of  his  hearers.  Every  gesture  was  elo- 
quent, everv  word  was  rich  in  meaning,  every 
sentence  clear-cut  and  luminous.  It  is  impossible 
to  give  in  English  an  exact  equivalent  of  the  Latin 
original.  The  following,  however,  expresses  quite 
fairly  the  substance  of  the  Cardinal's  address: 

"  Most  Rev.  Archbishop,  Rt.  Rev.  Bishops,  and  Rev. 
Fathers:  —  It  is  to  me  a  source  of  unbounded 
delight  to  be  present  <jn  this  occasion  as  the  rep- 
resentative of  the  Holy  See.  I  have  studied  the 
progress  of  this  vast  Archdiocese  of  New  York,  and 
have  noted  its  flourshing  condition.  The  Holy 
Father  also  has  given  it  most  special  attention,  and 
knows  it  not   only   as  the  sfreatest  in  the  United 


92  SOUVENIR. 

States,  butalso  as  one  of  the  foremost  in  the  world. 
This  marvellous  building  is  but  a  htting  monument 
to  the  generosity  of  the  clergy  and  people  of  this 
metropolis.  All  the  self-sacrificing  works  of  the 
former  Bishops  and  Archbishops  of  this  diocese 
have  now  reached  their  climax  through  the  intel- 
ligence, the  prudence,  and  the  zeal  of  your  present 
great  Archbishop,  whom  I  congratulate  in  the 
name  of  the  Holy  Father,  and  to  whom  in  the 
same  name,  as  well  as  in  my  own,  1  wish  many 
years  of  continued  wise  and  useful  administration. 
This  Seminar}',  grand  in  its  achitectural  design,  is 
a  type  of  the  Archbishop's  heart  ;  and  it  is  an 
evidence  of  the  wonderful  hold  he  has  upon  the 
love  and  the  generosity  of  the  clergy  and  people. 
"  Let  us  remember,  however,  at  the  same  time, 
that  though  the  magnificence  of  this  material  ed- 
ifice, typifying  as  it  does  the  magnificent  grandeur 
of  our  holy  Mother  the  Church,  is  something  for 
which  we  must  all  be  happy  and  grateful,  there  is 
also  required,  to  make  it  fruitful  unto  greater 
good,  the  spiritual  edifice,  the  true  ecclesiastical 
spirit,  without  which  all  material  splendor  would 


S0ri7uV/R.  93 

be  useless.  The  generosity  shown  in  building-  this 
structure  will  soon  be  followed  bv  a  still  higher 
generosit\-  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  minds  of  those 
who  soon  will  enter  these  portals.  Here,  knowl- 
edge with  virtue  willthrive  inthesoulsof  theyouth- 
ful  candidates  for  the  priesthood.  Their  united 
names  will  stand  as  the  synonym  and  type  of  the 
very  highest  civilization.  Knowledge  in  any 
people  is  vain  unless  virtue  accompanv  it.  No 
matter  how  perfect  the  material  civilization  of  any 
nation  mav  be,  it  is  a  false  culture  unless  to  pro- 
gressive knowledge  be  added  progressive  virtue, 
"  This  age,  possibly  more  than  anv  other,  de- 
mands this  conipanionsh.ip.  And  the  Church  de- 
mands it  especialh'  in  her  chosen  representatives. 
She  stands  to-day  as  the  apostle  servant  of  Christ, 
in  the  midst  of  a  world  that  hates  her,  and  will 
hate  her  to  the  end.  But  she  uses  every  legiti- 
mate means  to  attain  her  noble  ends.  And  where 
they  are  not  wrong,  she  has  no  hesitation  in  using 
even  the  wea|)ons  of  the  enemv.  With  the  aid  of 
the  sound  jihilosophv  and  theology  which  will 
here  be  taught,  nuich  will  be  accomplished  against 


94  SOUVENIR. 

the  errors  of  the  day.  Naturally  associated  as 
knowledge  and  virtue  are,  it  has  always  been  a 
sad  experience  for  the  Church  and  for  humanity, 
when  through  any  cause  thev  have  been  dis- 
severed. Consequently,  1  would  uige  that  the 
very  best  philosophy  and  theology  should  always 
be  taught  here,  in  the  very  best  possible  manner. 
What  is  the  best  philosophy  and  theology.''  As 
St.  Paul  said,  '  I  am  not  ashamed  of  the  Gospel,'  so 
do  I  say :  '  1  am  not  ashamed  t(^  be  a  Thomist.' 
And  among  the  many  wonderful  works  of  our 
Holy  Father,  Pope  Leo  XIII.,  there  is  none  for 
which  either  he  or  the  Church  has  reason  to  be 
more  grateful,  than  his  insistence  upon  the  teach- 
ing of  the  philosophy  and  theology  of  St.  Thomas. 
Cultivation  of  this  absolutely  sound  system  is  the 
great  desideratum  of  our  age.  We  need  not  new- 
ness of  theories  ;  what  we  require  is  solid  Chris- 
tian doctrine.  This  is  what  has  been  provided  for 
us  by  St.  Thomas.  And  against  the  whole  world 
1  would  defend  it  as  the  highest  type  of  what  the 
system  of  teaching  truth  should  be.  It  gives  full 
play  to  reason  as  well  as  to  faith.     It  is  analvtical. 


S0('\7iXIK.  95 

and  at  the  same  time  eritical.      It  is  profound,  yet 
clear.      It  is  broad,  but  incontrovertible.     So  pow- 
erful  is   its  arrani^ement  of   facts,  so  correct  its 
logic,  so  strong  its  arguments  drawn  from  the  in- 
exhaustible fountains  of  i-eason  and  faith,  that  be- 
yond all  other  systems  it  strengthens  the   mind, 
and    makes    men  able,   while    contemplating    the 
heavens,  to  also  rule  the  earth.     This  is  the  quality 
of  mind  especially   required  in  the  priest  of   the 
present  day.     This  is  the  happv  mental  condition 
our  Holy  Father,  Leo  XIII.,  expects  the  clergy  of 
America  to  possess.     He  is  the  great  propagator 
of    the    doctrines    of  St.  Th(jmas,    and    no    more 
pleasing    news  cf)ul(l   reach   the  supreme   Pontiff 
than  that  in  the  Church  in  America,  whose  future 
is  to  be  so  great,  the  Angelic   Doctor  will   be  as- 
siduously   and    th(jroughlv   studied.      1    wish   the 
Seminai-y    all    possible    prosperity    and    success. 
May  it   be   like  the  good   soil   mentioned   in   the 
gospel,  in   which   the  best   of  seed   will   be  sown, 
producing  a  generation   of  priests,   who  in   their 
turn  will  produce  and  guide  a  nation  of  Catholics, 
the  wonders  of  whose  faith  and  virtue  will  be  even 


96  SOUVENIR. 

o^reater  than  thoseof  their  fathers  before  them." 
When  the  Cardinal  ceased,  Father  Captier, 
Superior-General  of  the  Sulpician  Fathers,  who 
was  present  on  a  visit  from  France,  rose  at  the 
request  of  the  Aichbishop,  and  made  an  address 
in  French.  The  venerable  old  man  expressed  his 
congratulations  and  his  joy  on  such  an  auspicious 
beginning  of  a  great  work,  and  expressed  his 
heartfelt  thanks  to  the  Archbishop  ior  selecting 
the  Sulpician  fathers  as  guides  and  teachers  for 
the  future  priests  of  the  Archdiocese. 

Bishop  Gabriels  of  Ogdensburg  then  rose  in 
response  to  repeated  calls  from  the  old  students 
of  Troy,  and  said  : 

"  What  is  a  dav  of  joy  to  man}-  of  you,  is,  to 
not  a  few,  an  occasion  of  some  sadness.  The 
opening  of  St.  Joseph's  at  Dunwoodie  marks  the 
end  of  a  beloved  institution,  St.  Joseph's  of  Troy. 
'  I/iuifi  fuit,'  may  be  said  of  the  old  Seminary: 
happily  it  is  not  so  with  the  glory  of  its  sons. 
The  glorv  of  the  Trojans  is  and  will  continue  to  be 
a  living  thing  throughout  this  large  continent. 
Wherever  I   travelled  T  found  it  known  and   hoii- 


SOUVENIR.  9; 

ored.  '  Qiice  regio  in  icrris  no  11  nostri  plena  labor  is  ? 
In  every  part  of  this  broad  land  the  sons  of  St. 
Joseph's  of  Troy  are  spending-  themselves  in 
labors  for  churches  and  institutions  of  all  kinds, 

"  St.  Joseph  was  in  exile  for  many  years.  He  is 
now  called  from  Egypt  to  his  own  home  in  Naza- 
reth. Let  us  bear  in  mind,  however,  that  in  Pales- 
tine as  in  Egypt,  St.  Joseph  was  tiie  custodian  of 
his  Master,  the  model  of  the  priest. 

"  One  thing  I  wish  to  remark  about  the  stu- 
dentsof  Troy,  without  presuming  to  say  tiiat  they 
are  more  so  than  others  :  they  are  loyal  to  the 
Holy  See.  Our  Lord  said  to  Peter  :  *  Diligis  vts 
plus  his  ?  '  and  he  answered  :  '  Lord  !  Thou  know- 
est  that  I  love  Thee  ! '  So,  too,  if  asked  they  could 
answer:  Holy  Father,  you  know  that  we  love  you. 
And  I  would  ask  His  Eminence,  the  Apostolic 
Delegate,  when  he  returns  to  Rome,  there  to 
benefit  still  more  the  American  Church,  to  lay 
this  fact  at  the  feet  of  His  Holiness,  that  there 
are  in  this  Archdiocese  seven  hundred  priests  full 
of  lovalty  and  love  for  him. 

"  To  conclude,  1  w  isli  to  the  successor  of  Trov, 


9^  SOUVENIR. 

the  new  Seminary  of  New  York,  a  happiness 
which  the  former  did  not  enjoy.  It  lasted  only 
the  space  of  one  generation  of  priests.  May  the 
new  Seminary  last  for  generations  and  genera- 
tions. I  say,  therefore,  with  all  my  heart,  to  the 
new  St.  Joseph's,  '  Esto  Pcrpctua  !  '  " 

The  old  students  of  Troy  applauded  their  for- 
mer professor  and  President  with  hearty  good- 
will, and  his  expressions  of  love  for  the  Holy 
Father  and  the  Seminary  were  rapturously  re- 
ceived. 

A  general  call  for  the  venerable  Bishop  of  Roch- 
ester followed,  and  he  rose  with  no  unwilling 
heart. 

"  I  am  not  a  stranger  here,"  he  said,  and  a  per- 
fect whirlwind  of  applause  emphasized  the  truth 
of  that  statement.  "  I  am  probably  the  oldest 
New  York  priest  in  this  hall,"  he  continued,  "  but 
[  think  too  much  of  you  to  inflict  anything  more 
upon  you  than  is  necessary  to  express  my  con- 
gratulations to  the  Archbishop,  the  priests,  and 
the  people  of  New  York  on  the  completion  of  this 
Seminary,  not  of  Dunwoodie,  but  of  the  greater 


SOUVENIR.  99 

New  Y(jrk.  Rev.  Fathers,  von  have  a  Seminary 
the  like  of  which  does  not  exist  anywhere  else  in 
the  world.  But  it  takes  more  than  bricks  and 
mortar  to  make  a  Seminary.  You  must  have 
the  men  to  teach,  and  you  must  have  methods 
that  are  uj)  to  date.  And  just  here  let  me  re- 
mark that  we  have  a  Seminarv  in  Rochester, 
neither  so  large  nor  so  grand  as  this,  which,  in 
other  things,  is  going  to  set  vou  a  pace  that  will 
make  vou  bestir  vourselves  to  keep  up  with. 
If  you  are  in  old  ruts,  vou  will  have  to  get  out  of 
them.  Noold  methods,  a  century  behind  the  age, 
will  do. 

"You  have  a  building  here  that  is  a  wonder  and 
a  charm,  and  I  thank  God  that  a  new  spirit  is 
showing  itself  in  regard  to  Seminaries.  Years 
ago  it  used  to  make  me  sad  at  heart  to  see  mag 
nificent  structures  in  course  of  erection  all  over 
the  countr}'  for  orphan  asylums  and  hospitals, 
while  anv  old  barn  was  thought  good  enough  for 
the  young  levites.  the  men  called  bv  God  to  keep 
alive,  in  the  hearts  of  the  people,  the  very  faith 
that  made  all  our  works  of  charity  possible.     But 


loo  SOUVENIR. 

now  in  St.  Joseph's  of  Dunwoodie  and  St.  Ber- 
nard's of  Rochester  we  have  two  buildings  that 
challenge  comparison  with  any  in  the  world. 

"  As  I  said  before,  I  am  a  New  York  priest,  and 
an  old  one  ;  therefore  I  feel  at  home  among 
3-0U.  The  first  Bishop  of  New  York  baptized 
me,  the  second  confirmed  me.  the  third  ordained 
me,  and  the  fourth  consecrated  me." 

There  was  a  generous  round  of  applause  as 
Bishop  McOuaid  took  his  seat,  and  the  guests  re- 
tired, again  to  feast  their  eyes  on  the  building, 
and  express  anew  their  satisfaction  and  delight 
with  every  detail  of  the  magnificent  structure. 


a  SF)ort  ^Financial  Ibistor^  of  tbe  Seminary. 

The  Most  Rev.  Archbishop  began  the  raising 
of  funds  for  the  building  of  the  new  Seminary,  by 
inviting,  in  the  month  of  June,  1892,  a  number  of 
the  Catholic  gentlemen  of  this  city  to  a  meeting 
in  the  archiepiscopal  residence.  Twenty  accept- 
ed the  invitation.  His  Grace  disclosed  the  pro- 
ject he  had  so  deeply  at  heart  in  a  neat  and  in- 
teresting speech.  The  result  of  his  appeal  was, 
that  thirtv-four  thousand  dollars  were  subscribed 
upon  the  spot. 

His  Grace  next  made  it  a  point  to  speak  to  sev- 
eral of  tlie  prominent  pastors,  asking  them  to 
think  out  wavs  and  means  for  obtaining  the.  re- 
mainder ol  the  fund.  .\s  the  residt  of  their  sugges- 
tions, imited  with  his  own  views,  a  meeting  of  all 
the  pastors  of  the  diocese  was  called  in  the  Cathe- 
dral School  Hall,  on  September  15,  1892.  This 
gathering  was  presided  over  by  His  Grace,  who 
proposed  for  the  acceptance  of  all   present,   the 

following  plan :  That  every  parish  in  the  diocese 

101 


J02  SOUVENIR. 

should  for  five  years  contribute  the  sum  of  two 
hundred  dollars  for  each  priest  serving  therein  ; 
that  each  city  pastor  should  contribute  personally 
one  hundred  dollars  per  annum  ;  that  each  countrv 
pastor  should  donate  seventy-five  dollars  a  year; 
and  that  every  assistant  priest  should  subscribe 
fifty  dollars  for  each  of  the  designated  five  years. 
The  proposition  was  unanimously  accepted  by 
those  present,  and  on  motion  it  was  resolved  that 
a  committee  of  five  be  chosen  to  receive  the  mon- 
ies, and  to  hold  them  until  they  should  be  trans- 
ferred to  His  Grace.  The  committee  chosen  by 
the  priests  were  the  Rev.  P.  F.  McSweeney, 
D.D.,  John  F.  Kearney,  John  Edwards. 

On  St.  Joseph's  day,  1893,  a  second  meeting  of 
the  clergy  was  held,  at  which  was  read  the  re- 
port of  the  committee  appointed  by  vote  of  the 
priests.  It  was  found  that  more  than  sixty-five 
thousand  dollars  had  been  subscribed  during  the 
elapsed  period. 

In  the  following  September,  His  Grace  appoint- 
ed a  subsidiary  committee  of  Ways  and  Means, 
consisting  of  the  Rt.  Rev.  Mgr.  Farley,  Very  Rev. 


SOUl'ENIR.  103 

Jos.  F.  Moonev,  V.  G..  Rev.  Jas.  J.  Flood,  Rev. 
M.  A.  Taylor,  Rev.  J.  \V.  Power,  Rev.  M.  J. 
Lavelle,  Jutlge  Dalv,  C.  V.  Forties,  James  D. 
Lvnch,  John  D.  Crimmins,  Jos.  J.  O'Donohue, 
Morgan  J.  O'Brien,  C.  Callahan,  Jeremiah  Fitz- 
patrick.  and  \Vm.  F.  O'Connor.  At  their  sugges- 
tion another  meeting  of  lay  gentlemen  was  called 
for  the  twenty-fifth  of  the  same  month.  x\s 
the  result  of  this  gathering  forty-five  thousand 
dollars  were  added  to  the  fund.  It  was  further- 
more resolved,  as  a  consequence  of  this  meeting, 
to  establish  a  monthly  newspaper,  which  should 
act  as  a  means  of  keeping  the  project  constantly 
and  clearly  before  the  public.  Mr.  John  Mullaly 
was  appointed  the  editor.  The  paper  was  stvled 
simplv,  "The  Seminarv."  It  was  published  unre- 
mittingly every  month  until  August.  '96,  and  to  its 
constant  appeals  to  the  generositv  of  the  Catholic 
people,  no  small  amount  of  the  funds  raised  must 
be  ascribed.  Fach  vear  the  clergv  met  in  the 
Cathedral  Schoc^l  Hall  to  hear  reports,  and  they 
iixvariablv  had  reason  to  be  proud  of  the  pro- 
gress that  had  been  made. 


104  SOUVENIR. 

In  January  of  the  present  year,  the  Most  Rev. 
Archbishop,  his  Rt.  Rev.  Auxiliary,  and  Vicar- 
General  Mooney,  undertook  to  visit  in  turn  on 
designated  Sundays,  all  the  parishes  of  the  city  of 
New  York,  with  a  view  to  presenting  the  Semin- 
ary fund  personally  before  the  people,  and  asking 
them  in  each  church  for  an  envelope  collection. 
It  was  provided,  also,  that  the  country  churches 
should  be  similarly  visited  by  the  Deans  of  their 
different  districts.  Through  this  new  movement 
on  the  part  of  the  ecclesiastical  authorities,  more 
than  eighty-four  thousand  dollars  have  thus  far 
been  collected. 

As  the  fund  stands  at  the  present  moment,  more 
than  seven  hundred  thousand  dollars  have  been 
paid  into  the  hands  of  His  Grace.  No  words  are 
adequate  to  praise  the  priests  and  the  people  for 
the  energy,  the  intelligence,  and  the  generosity 
wherewith  thev  have  been  able  to  subscribe  the 
very  large  fund  in  such  a  short  period  of  time, 
and  in  face  (^f  so  many  business  embarrassments. 
The  Catholic  clergy  and  people  have  the  proud 
satisfaction  of  knowing  that  they  possess  one  of  the 


SOUVENIR.  105 

finest  Seminaries  in  the  world,  to  which  practically 
every  single  individual  has  contributed  some- 
thing. 

The  new  St.  Joseph's  Seminary  stands  on  Val- 
entine Hill,  a  historic  spot  made  memorable  by 
Gen.  Washington  and  his  armv  during  the  war 
for  independence.  The  site  was  chosen  after  long 
and  mature  consideration  by  His  Grace,  Arch- 
bishop Corrigan,  aided  bv  an  able  and  zealous 
advisory  committee,  who  examined  numerous 
available  places  in  the  vicinity  of  New  York,  and 
selected  this  site  for  its  beautiful  and  healthful  lo- 
cation on  the  high  plateau  between  the  Sound  and 
the  Hudson  River,  easy  of  access  from  the  City  of 
New  York,  as  well  as  fiom  all  othei-  parts  of  the 
Archdiocese,  and  promising  to  be  eventuallv  one 
of  the  choicest  locations  of  the  Greater  New 
York.  The  ground  slopes  from  the  building  on 
ail  sides,  assuring  natural  drainage  as  well  as  a 
beautiful  landscape  effect. 

The  propertv.  which  comprises  oversi\t^•  acres 
of  ground,  was  purchased  in  the  beginning  of  the 
year    i8qo,    and    as    an    excellent    building    stone 


io6  SOUVENIR. 

could  be  readily  obtained  on  the  premises,  it  was 
decided  to  erect  the  building  of  this  stone,  and 
soon  after  title  was  taken,  excavations  and  quarry- 
ing of  the  building  material  were  begun,  so  that 
by  the  end  of  that  year,  a  large  quantity  of  the 
fine  rock-faced  stone  was  prepared  ready  for  use. 
In  Spring,  189I,  the  foundations  were  prepared, 
and  Ma}-  17,  189I,  is  the  memorable  day  on  which, 
in  the  presence  of  an  immense  concourse  of  digni- 
taries and  people,  the  corner-stone  of  the  new 
Seminary  was  laid.  Since  then  work  has  been 
steadily  progressing,  and  on  August  12,  1896,  we 
witnessed  the  dedication  of  the  completed  build- 
ing, a  monument  to  the  grand  and  noble  concep- 
tion of  an  ideal  Seminary,  of  His  Grace,  the  Arch- 
bishop, and  of  the  zeal  and  generosity  of  the 
priests  and  people  of  the  diocese. 

The  architects,  \Vm.  Schickel  &  Co.,  wei-e  en- 
trusted by  His  Grace  with  the  planning  and  the 
execution  of  this  great  work,  and  they  haye  cer- 
tainly succeeded  in  embodying  the  noble  thoughts 
of  its  founder,  in  designing  a  building  monumen- 
tal  in  character,  useful  and  well  adapted  in  its  ar- 


0 


SOClliNIR.  107 

rangements,  and  solid  and  substantial  in  construc- 
tion, so  that  for  ages  the  Setninarv  will  stand  as 
the  cradle  and  home  of  the  priesthood  of  the 
Archdiocese. 

The  hard  rock  found  on  the  premises,  suggested 
for  the  building  a  treatment  in  keeping  with  this 
material,  and  therefore  the  architects  chose  for 
the  exterioi-  a  tvpe  of  early  Renaissance  archi- 
tecture, axoiding  all  carving  or  intricate  work, 
and  leaving  to  the  natural  beautv  of  the  stone,  and 
the  general  disposition  and  grouping  of  the  mass- 
es, the  effect  to  be  attaijied  in  the  design.  For 
the  interior,  the  Italian  Renaissance  of  the  end  of 
the  fifteenth  century  was  adopted,  being  the 
style  in  which,  after  the  revival  of  classic  studies 
in  the  service  of  Christian  art,  many  of  the  fore- 
most ecclesiastical  buildings  of  Europe  have  at- 
tained their  refined  and  beautiful  expressions. 

The  general  disposition  of  the  building  is  as 
follows  :  The  front  facessoutheast,  commanding  a 
beautiful  view  of  the  Sound,  and  assuring  sun- 
light to  all  rooms.  The  main  building  forms  a 
hollow  square    open    to  the   front,   with   a  chapel 


io8  SOUVENIR. 

as  a  central  extension  in  the  rear;  and  the  re- 
fectory and  domestic  house  form  an  additional 
group  of  buildings  on  the  northeast.  Eighy  feet 
further  away  from  them,  are  the  boiler-house, 
electric  light  station,  laundr3%  bakery,  and  other 
out-buildings. 

The  length  of  the  main  building  is  360  feet, 
and  the  wings  project  80  feet,  while  the  dimen- 
sions of  the  chapel  are  about  40x130.  The  main 
entrance  is  emphasized  by  a  massive  portico  with 
polished  granite  columns,  and  the  centre  portion 
of  the  building  is  surmounted  by  a  grand  cupola, 
the  cross  of  which  rises  150  feet  above  the  ground, 
and  is  visible  for  many  miles  around. 

The  entire  building  is  constructed  absolutely 
fireproof,  and  even  the  use  of  iron  has  been  re- 
duced to  a  minimum.  Fireproof  tiles  and  blocks 
were  employed  throughout  in  the  construction 
of  the  floors  and  ceilings,  which  are  all  vaulted, 
and  the  internal  partitions  are  also  all  built  of 
fireproof  blocks.  The  high  roofs,  which  give 
the  building  a  most  beautiful  sky-line,  are  covered 
with  copper  and  slate,  and  every  effort  has  been 


SOUVENIR.  109 

made  to  insure  durability  and  solidity  in  all  parts 
of  the  building.  All  the  stairs  are  constructed  of 
tile  arches,  and  the  steps  are  of  marble.  The  floors 
of  the  halls  on  the  main  floor  are  mosaic,  and  all 
bath-rooms,  kitchens,  toilet-rooms,  etc.,  are  tiled. 

The  building  is  heated  by  means  of  hot  water, 
and  the  heating,  ventilating,  plumbing,  etc.,  are 
all  studied  with  special  care  to  the  comfort  and 
well-being  of  the  inmates  of  the  house.  The 
nicely-appointed  bath-rooms  deserve  special  men- 
tion. 

The  entire  building  is  lighted  by  electricity- 
supplied  from  two  Edison  dynamos. 

The  internal  arrangement  of  the  building  is 
such  that  the  basement  contains  large  recreation 
rooms,  bath-rooms,  etc.  On  the  main  floor  are 
located  the  entrance,  vestibule,  parlors,  lecture 
halls,  prayer  halls,  study  rooms,  chemical  labora- 
tory, physical  cabinet,  refectory,  and  all  other 
public  rooms,  so  that  the  entire  floor  is  devoted 
to  the  common  life  of  the  seminarians,  while  in 
the  three  floors  above  this,  they  find  their  living 
apartments. 


1  lo  SOUVENIR. 

In  the  tower  is  a  room  containing  the  archives 
of  the  Archdiocese.  The  lecture  halls  are  large 
and  airy,  well-lighted  and  well-ventilated  r(^oms, 
equipped  with  all  modern  appliances  for  the  studies. 

The  stairways  and  halls  deserve  special  men- 
tion, as  they  are  exceptionally  large  and  well  pro- 
portioned, and  give  the  whole  house  a  stately 
character.  The  central  stair  hall  is  adorned  by 
four  beautiful  statues  of  St.  Turibius,  St.  Rosa  of 
Lima,  Blessed  Father  Jogues,  and  Blessed  Cath- 
erina  Tegakwita. 

The  Seminarv  has  accommodation  for  i6o  stu- 
dents and  twelve  professors.  Besides  this,  there 
are  special  suites  of  rooms  for  the  Archbishop 
and  Rector  of  the  Seminarv.  and  visitors.  All 
rooms  are  bright  and  cheerful,  and  well  fur- 
nished. 

The  upper  story  of  the  centre  part  of  the  build- 
ing is  occupied  bv  the  large  library,  an  unusually 
fine  room,  fitted  up  with  hreproof  book-cases  in 
two  tiers,  with  handsome  balconies  and  stairs,  and 
on  the  main  floor  are  large  reading  tables  and 
desks,  making  this  librarv  a  model  of  its  kind. 


THE   CHAPEL,  ST.  JOSEPH'S  SEMINARY. 


SOL'VENJR.  I  1 1 

The  gem,  h()\ve\er.  of  tlie  whole  Seminary,  is 
the  beautiful  Chapel,  the  individual  gift  ot  His 
Grace,  the  .Viclibishc^p  ;  and  here  the  architects 
have  created  a  most  worth  w  harmonious,  and  devo- 
tional crowning-point  of  the  whole.  All  the  arts 
have  been  called  in  requisition  to  aid  in  beauti- 
fying this  sanctuarv.  The  ceiling  and  dome  are 
vaulted,  and  decorated  in  relief.  The  apse  of  the 
sanctuary,  and  the  panels  over  the  altars,  are 
adorned  with  large  paintings  executed  by  Lam- 
precht  ;  the  windows,  which  represent  a  series  of 
subjects  appertaining  to  the  Holy  Sacrifice,  were 
executed  by  Hard  man,  of  London,  and  the  beau- 
tiful statues  are  the  work  of  Sibbel.  the  sculptor. 

The  altars  are  of  Italian  marble,  and  the  stalls 
and  other  woodwork  in  the  Chapel  are  executed 
in  oak,  and  are,  as  well  as  the  decorati(3n,  paint- 
ing, mosaic  and  marble  work,  all  in  exquisite 
taste. 

The  domestic  cares  of  the  house  are  in  the 
hands  of  the  Sisters  of  Chaiitv,  and  a  special 
house  has  been  built  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
Sisters,  which  contains  the  kitchen,  serving  rooms, 


112  SOUVENIR. 

etc.,  all  of  which  are  fitted  up  with  steam  apparatus 
and  cooking  utensils  of  modern  description,  and 
in  the  most  complete  manner. 

The  boiler-house  contains  four  large  boilers  for 
the  water  heating  apparatus  and  steam.  The  en- 
gines, dynamos,  pumps,  etc.,  are  located  next 
to  the  boilers,  and  the  laundry  is  above  the 
machinery  hall. 

Between  the  Chapel  and  the  west  wing  of  the 
house,  the  terrace  is  enclosed,  and  forms  a  beau- 
tiful cloister,  one  of  the  principal  attractions  of 
the  Seminary.  On  the  easterly  side,  an  open 
court  corresponding  to  the  cloister  extends  in 
the  rear  to  a  large  esplanade,  on  which  promising 
trees  have  been  planted,  so  that  shady,  comfort- 
able walks  and  recreation  grounds  will  be  ready 
in  the  near  future. 

The  contracts  for  the  work  on  the  Seminary 
were  executed  by  the  firms  iiereinafter  enumer- 
ated, and  it  should  be  said  here  that  the  quality 
of  all  the  work  is  excellent,  and  the  contractors 
deserve  well-merited  praise. 


Xist  ot  Contractors: 


J.  &  G.  Stewart,  Masou  and  Stone, 

Jas.  J.  c*c  F.  P.  Treaiior,   Mason  and  Stone. 


Ronald  Taylor. 
Jeans  &  T;iylor. 

Gustavino  Fireproof 

Construction  Co., 
John  Neil, 
Grissler  &  Son, 
Power  Brothers, 
C.  L.  Eidlitz, 
R.  L.  Stewart, 

Barr,  Reynolds  vl-  Co., 

O'Brien  &  Lavelle. 
A.  G.  Newman. 
Post  &  McCord, 

T.  J.  Byrne, 
R.  Schroeder, 


Yonkers,  N.  Y. 
Hastings  on  Hudson, 

N.  Y. 
156  Fifth  Ave.,  N.  Y. 


Gnuiolitliic. 
Carpenters  (for  win- 
dow frames,  etc.)  103  So.  5th  Ave..  N.  Y. 


Tile-arches, 

Roofer, 

Carpenters. 

Plasterers, 

Electrician. 

Mason  (for  boiler 

house). 
Heating, 

Gasfitting, 
Bells  &  Tubes, 
Iron  Work  (boiler 

house). 
Plumber, 
Tiling, 


-Eschlimann  <t  Pellarin,  Mosaic. 


New  York. 

434  W.  nth  St.,  N.  Y. 
634  E.  17th  St.,  N.  Y. 
1764  Broadway,  N.  Y. 
10  W.  23d  St.,  N.  Y. 

Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

67  Dock  St.,  Yonkers; 

N.  Y. 
162  E.  28th  St.,  N.  Y. 
157  W.  29th  St..  N.  Y. 

289  Fourth  Ave.,  N.  Y. 
377  Fourth  Ave.,  N.  Y. 
444  Greenwich  St.,  N.  Y. 
231  E.  28th  St..  N.  Y. 


tl3 


114 


SOUl'ENIR. 


Theis  &  Jaussea, 
Klee  Brothers, 
Wm.  11.  Jackson  &  Co. 
A.  B.  &  W.  T.  Wostei-- 

velt, 
Diiparquet,  Hiiot  & 

Moneiise  Co., 
Jolin  Hardniau  k  Co.. 
Mayer  k  Co., 
Geo.  P.  Olcott. 
Oakley  &  Keating, 
C.  E.  Hall  &  Co., 
W.  Bauni<;arten  k  Co., 

J.  V.  Schaefer  k  Co.. 
Geo.  Faulhaber. 


Tilfany  Glass  &  Decora- 
ting Co., 
Wm.  Lamprecht. 


Marble, 

Ornamental  Plaster, 
Iron  lor  finish, 

Library  Outfit, 
Range  and  Cooking 

Utensils, 
Windows, 
Stations, 
Sewer,  etc., 
Laundry, 

Marble  Altai's,  etc.. 
Stalls  &  Wooden 

Altars, 
Sacristy  Outfit, 
Seats  for  Prayer 

Halls  &  Sisters' 

Chapel, 
Decorating  Chapel 

and  Library, 
Paintings  for  Chapel, 


J.  Sibbel,  Statues, 
Howard  Watch  &  Clock 

Co.,  Clock, 

Otis  Bros.  &  Co..  Klcvator, 


139th  St.,  N.  Y. 

329  E.  40lh  St.,  N.  Y. 

27  E.  17th  St.,  N.  Y. 

102  Chambers  St.,  N.  Y 

43  Wooater  St.,  N.  Y. 
London,  England. 
47  Barclay  St.,  N.  Y. 
Orange,  N.  J. 
40  Cortlandt  St.,  N.  Y. 
Boston,  Mass. 

321  Fifth  Ave..  N.  Y. 
159  E.  88th  St.,  N.  Y. 


Cleveland,  Ohio. 

333  Fourth  Ave.,  N.  Y. 
393   Sackett  St.,   Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y. 
214  E.  26th  St.,  N.  Y. 

41  Maiden  Lane,  N.  Y. 
38  Park  Row,  N.  Y. 


Xlbe  ©IC)  Scminarv?  to  tbe  IRew. 

^be    Pirst 


^)eminary. 

....  "Tlieu  tlicy  returned  to  Jcnisaleiii,  from  the 
mount  tliat  i.s  callod  Olivet,  wliicli  is  uigii  Jerusalem, 
within  a  Sabbath-day's  journey.  And  when  they  were 
come  in,  tiiey  went  up  into  an  upper  room,  where  abode 
Peter  and  John,  James  and  Andrew,  Pliilip  and  Thomas, 
Bartholomew  and  Matthew,  James  of  Alpheus,  and 
Simon  Zelotes,  and  Jude  the  brother  of  James.  All 
these  were  perseveruio;  with  one  mind  in  prayer  with 
Ihe  women  and  Mary  the  mother  of  Jesus."— 7'^e  Ads 
of  the  Apostle^;,  Chapter  I.  12,  13,  14. 

I. 

"All  power  in  heaven  and  eartli  is  given  to  me,"' 
Thus  spake  the  Sovereijjn  Lord  in  Galilee. 
"  Therefore  I  say  to  you:    (4o  forth  and  leach 
The  nations  of  the  earth.     Baptize,  and  preach 
What  things  soever  I  have  spoken  to  you. 
This  is  their  law — bid  them  observe  and  df)."' 

*         *         *         * 
This  was  not  all— the  end  was  not  as  yet. 
He  spake  again  ;  perliaps  on  Olivet 
Before  He  blessed  them  and  was  lost  to  view; 
Perhaps  within  that  chamber,  where  the  few. 
His  chosen  followers,  sat  down  to  eat — 
His  blood  their  drink,  His  sacred  flesh  their  meat— 
We  may  not  say  just  where ;   He  spake  again  : 
"Depart  not  from  the  city,  but  remain 
Waiting  the  Promise.     In  that  awful  hour 
The  Father  from  on  high  will  send  you  power 
That  going  f(jrtli  your  lives  and  words  may  be 
Throughout  the  world,  a  witness  unto  Me.''- 

So  wlien  the  cloud  received  him  from  their  sight 
They  turned  tliem  to  the  city.     Day  and  in'ght. 
Morning  and  evening  found  them  waiting  there 
■  Matthew  xxvili.  18.  19,  20  "J  Actsl.  4,  8. 


SOUVENIR. 

With  Mary,  Mother  of  the  Lord,  at  prayer 

The  days  wore  on;  the  world  was  sunk  in  sin: 
Foul  crimes  without  and  loathsome  vice  within. 
Blood-purchased  souls  went  forward  to  their  doom. 
Yet  came  no  voice  from  out  that  upper  room. 
The  Gospei  bearers  from  the  world  had  tied — 
Christ  and  the  preachers  of  his  love  were  dead. 

Dead  to  the  sneering  world,  the  sinful  throng 
Tliat  makes  its  pleasure  judge  'twixt  right  and  wrong- 
Dead  in  the  eyes  of  carnal  minded  men — 
Dead — when  around  the  world  they  should  have  been 
Holding  aloft  the  standard  of  the  cross, 
Saving  the  souls  of  men  from  endless  loss- 
Dead — Ah !  the  devil  and  his  angels  knew 
What  death  was  theirs.     A  death  in  which  they  grew 
In  grace  and  wisdom  as  the  Lord  had  grown  ' 
Who  chose  to  dwell  for  thirty  years  iniknovvn. 

Dead'  to  the  world  they  were  :    with  Christ  they  died 
A  living  death,  that  sin  might  not  abide  ^ 
Within  their  hearts.     Dead,  as  the  seeds  that  die 
To  spring  towards  heaven  and  bloom  and  fructify. 

Such  was  their  death — to  sin  and  passion  lost 
Till  dawned  the  morning  of  the  Pentecost. 

Then  kneeling  liumbly  with  united  mind, 

Suddenly  upon  them,  as  a  rushing  wind 

That  filled  the  house,  a  sound  from  heaven  came 

Mighty  in  power,  while  the  Spirit's  Hame 

In  parted  tongues  blazed  on  each  bending  head 

And  fired  the  souls  of  those  accounted  dead.  ^ 

Trembling  they  rose,  who  knew  themselves  so  weak — 

Trembling  their  human  lips  essayed  to  speak 

Then,  as  they  felt  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 

Filling  their  wakened  souls,  with  one  accord 

They  rushed  abroad,  impatient  to  proclaim 

The  Gospel  message  and  the  Saviour's  name. 

IL 
Spouse  of  the  Christ!  in  every  clime  and  age 

'  Luke  II.  51,  52.     *  Romans  vi.  8, 11.    ^  Acts  II.  1, 2.  3,  4. 


SOUVENIR. 

True  to  the  LovA'a  command — thy  lieritage — 
To  teach  tlie  nations!  on  this  Pentecost 
Knowing  what  miUions  to  their  God  are  lost, 
Angels  to-day  around  the  Father's  throne 
Fill  Heaven  with  music  lor  this  corner-stone. 

This  mighty  stone  and  sturdy  rising  walls 
That  bring  such  promise  of  the  spacious  halls 
Where  youth  may  learn,  and  pray  and  persevere 
With  Mary's  influence  and  the  angels  near. 

Where  those  who  consecrate  their  lives  to  God 
May  learn  the  ways  in  which  their  Master  trod. 
May  learn  with  glowing  heart  to  read  the  Word 
And  hear  him  speak,  as  the  Apostles  heard. 
Where  love  shall  set  their  earnest  hearts  on  fire 
Until  they  blaze  with  one  supreme  desire 
To  cut,  to  burn,  to  cast  away  the  dross 
Of  human  weakness  that  would  shirk  the  cross. 

To  love  no  flesh— to  sever  ties  that  bind 
Making  the  body  master  of  the  mind- 
To  lay  up  treasures  which  no  moths  consume ' 
Absorbed  at  prayer,  as  in  that  upper  room — 
Living  for  Christ:  with  Him  their  daily  bread 
But  lost  to  sin— with  His  Apostles  dead. 

Dead — but  the  Father  and  his  angels  hear 
How  speak  these  dead  from  fruitful  year  to  year. 
Low  murmured  prayers  in  ceaseless  round  ascend 
For  all  the  world,  alike  for  foe  and  friend 
Their  hymns  of  joy  arise  as  one  sweet  voice 
While  angels  listen  and  the  heavens  rejoice, 
Their  chanted  psalms,  with  love's  appealing,  swell, 
Loosing  for  men  the  bonds  of  death  and  hell. 
While  voiceless  love  and  supplication  reach 
Subhmer  heights  than  ever  human  speech. 

Such  is  the  life  these  new  Apostles  lead 
Bound  to  their  Lord  in  every  word  and  deed- 
For  them  the  banquet  of  his  love  is  spread 
For  Him  they  live,  thou</h  men  account  them  dead. 
Dead — Aye  the  devil  and  his  angels  know 
What  death  is  theirs.     A  death  in  which  they  grow 
In  grace  and  wisdom,  till  the  wakening  hour 
'  Matthew  VI.  21. 


SOUVENIR. 

Bids  them  arise  in  God's  almighty  power. 
Bids  tliem  go  forth  to  preach  for  sodden  ears 
And  bear,  as  bore  their  Lord,  the  coward  sneers 
Of  those  who  lead  the  world,  and  walk  abroad 
Casting  their  spittle  on  the  Church  of  God. 
Bids  them  go  forth,  to  bless,  and  touch,  and  heal, 
And  live  such  lives  as  force  the  world  to  feel 
The  power  they  exercise. 

Despite  the  boast. 
That  men  no  longer  need  the  Holy  Ghost 
Vice  reigns  triumphant  in  her  haunts  of  shame 
And  eartli  has  still  her  deaf  and  blind  and  lame. 
Tlie  Saviour  speaks — men  hear  but  human  cries ; 
The  light  streams  downward  — '  tis'  for  sightless  eyes; 
He  bids  them  walk — the  passion  palsied  limb 
Can  bear  no  toil  along  the  read  with  Him. 
What  power  on  earth  can  bid  the  palsied  rise, 
Or  give  God's  light  to  error  darkened  eyes? 
Where  is  the  voice  to  raise  the  drooping  head 
Open  the  grave  and  vivify  the  dead? — 
Who  can  the  innocence  of  youth  restore; 
Bid  sinners  go  in  peace  and  sin  no  more  ?  (') 
Who  can  proclaim  the  love  of  Christ  for  men. 
Turning  their  thoughts  from  earth  to  heaven  again 
Bringing  back  souls  the  world  had  long  enticed  ?— 
Wlio,  but  Apostles  from  the  school  of  Christ. 

Here  is  the  school  of  Christ— the  upper  room — 
Where  men  shall  learn  to  know  the  bud  and  bloom 
Of  saintly  lives;  where  Christ  Himself  shall  teach, 
Illume  the  mind  and  wake  the  chords  of  speech 
Here  men  will  d\fell,  to  learn  God's  holy  will, 
That  He  who  built  the  church  must  guide  her  still. 

Christ  has  not  lied:  this  pompous  world  has  neec' 
Of  high  inspiring  word  and  god-like  deed 
Of  men  who  lift  themselves  above  the  clay 
And  yearn  to  show  their  fellow  men  the  waj'. 
Of  men  whose  spotless  souls  are  all  aflame 
To  teach  the  sweetness  of  the  saving  Name  ; 
Whose  words  and  works,  though  like  their  Lord  assailed, 
Prove  that  the  gates  of  hell  have  not  prevailed.  (") 
William  Livingston. 

John  VIII.  11.  "^  Matthew  XVI.  18. 


tDalentine  Ibill. 

William  Livingsvox. 

Before  the  Battle  of  "White  Plains,  Yaleutine  Hill  was  occupied  by 
detachments  of  the  American  Army.  There,  also,  about  a  stone's 
throw  from  the  New  Seminary,  Washington  established  his  head- 
quarters. 

1770. 

Here  on  this  iiill,  in  the  olden  days. 
When  veins  ran  warm  with  a  patriot  fire, 

They  stood  in  the  ranks,  their  hearts  ablaze. 
Shoulder  to  shoulder,  son  and  sire. 

And  the  virgin  land  they  loved  so  welt 
Was  flushed  with  the  rich,  red  blood  they  gave ; 

She  rose  in  strength  as  her  heroes  fell. 

And  to  give  her  power  they  sought  the  grave. 

Some  of  their  forms  are  carved  in  stone. 

Their  names  are  clothed  with  a  nation's  pride, 
And  thousands  sank  to  their  death  unknown  ; 

For  love  they  struggled,  for  love  tliey  died. 

We  honor  them  all,  and  we  love  the  fields 

These  resolute  soldier  martyrs  trod  ; 

And  the  seed  they  planted  this  harvest  yields — 

The  road  of  sacrifice  leads  to  God. 
119 


1.20  soirrEN/R. 

1896. 

Here  on  tliis  hill,  in  these  golden  days, 
Their  faces  glowing  with  voiceless  joy, 

They  stand  prepared  for  the  coming  frays, 
Shoulder  to  shoiilder,  man  and  boy. 

Tliey  bring  to  the  famished,  heavenly  bread. 
That  the  souls  of  men  may  be  fair  and  clean- 

The  world  hears  not  their  marching  tread, 
And  their  banner  floats  to  the  breeze  unseen. 

But  the  sin-enslaved  cry  aloud  for  aid, 
And  the  spirits  of  evil  hear  and  pause — 

There  never  was  yet  a  priest  afraid 
To  shed  his  blood  in  the  Master's  cause. 

Some  of  their  names  will  live  for  men ; 

Thousands  will  rest  'neath  a  nameless  sod; 
They  die  that  the  dead  may  live  again, 

For  the  road  of  sacrifice  leads  to  God. 


appcn^iJ:  11. 

We  append  a  copy  of  the  circular  issued  to  the 
Catholics  of  New  York  by  the  Committee  of 
Arrangements.  In  order  to  show  the  cosmo- 
politan character  of  this  diocese,  we  add  the 
translations  that  were  made  of  the  circular  issued 
by  the  Committee  of  Arrangements. 

Xaging  of  tbe  CornersStone  of  the  IWew  Seminary  of 
St.  5o6epb. 

At  Valentine  Hill,  near  Dunwoodie  Station, 

X.    Y.    CITY  AND     NORTHERN    R.     R. 

Sunday,    May    17///,    at    3    P.    M. 


archbishop's  house,  452  MADISON  AVE., 

-Ww/    York,  April  2^,  1891. 

To  the  Catholic  people  of  the  A  rchdiocese  of  Nczv  York: 

His  Grace,  the  Most  Reverend  Archbishop,  in- 
vites all  the  Catholics  of  the  Diocese  to  be  present 

121 


122  SOUVENIR. 

at  the  blessing  of  the  corner-stone  of  the  new 
Seminar}'  of  St.  Joseph,  on  Sunday,  May  17th,  at 
three  P.  M.,  at  Valentine  Hill,  near  Dunwoodie 
Station,  on  the  New  York  and  Northern  R.  R. 
The  solemn  ceremon}-  will  be  conducted  by  His 
Grace,  and  the  eloquent  and  learned  Archbishop 
Ryan,  of  Philadelphia,  will  deliver  the  address. 
All  the  Catholic  Societies  of  this  Diocese  have  been 
ofificially  invited  to  participate  in  the  celebi"ation. 
Since  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  our  beauti- 
ful Cathedral,  no  event  has  been  more  important 
for  the  welfare  of  this  Diocese  than  the  beginning 
of  the  new  diocesan  Seminary.  For  many  years 
our  priests  have  been  educated  at  the  Provincial 
Seminary  at  Troy.  Owing  to  the  inconvenience 
of  the  location  foi"  both  Bishop  and  Priests,  it  has 
been  deemed  opj)ortune  t(^  cairy  out  the  sugges- 
tions and  monitions  of  the  holy  Council  of  Trent, 
and  build  within  the  limits  of  our  Diocese  a  Semi- 
nary that  shall  be  under  the  immediate  supervis- 
ion of  the  Bishoj),  and  accessible  to  the  Clergy.  A 
beautiful  site  has  been  secured  at  Valentine  Hill, 
in  the  town  of  Yonkers,  two  miles  from  the  north- 


SOUVENIR.  I -'3 

ern  limits  of  the  Cilv  of  New  York,  and  it  is  pro- 
posed to  erect  thereon  a  building  that  shall  cost 
half  a  million  dollars.  Our  people  understand  the 
im})ortance  and  the  necessity  of  a  holv  and  learned 
Priesthood,  for  the  Priesthood  is  the  source  of  the 
people's  spiritual  life.  Consequently  Catholics 
throughout  the  world  love  to  see  aspirants  foi-  the 
Sacred  Ministry  properly  trained  for  their  high 
vocation,  and  have  at  all  times  been  distinguished 
for  their  generosity  in  furnishing  their  priests  with 
the  best  education  and  the  best  care  that  their 
circumstances  would  permit.  The  laity  of  this 
diocese  have  not  been  wanting  in  this  noble  spirit. 
We  appeal  to  them,  therefore,  to  aid  tlieir  priests 
in  making  this  celebration  worthy  of  themselves, 
of  the  great  institution  it  inaugurates,  and  of  our 
devoted  chief  Pastor,  whose  crowning  glory  it 
shall  be  to  have  left  a  Seminar\-  that  shall  provide 
this  vast  diocese  with  learned  and  hol\'  priests  to 
supply  the  places  of  those  who  in  the  course  of 
years  must  inevitabh  j)ass  away.  B^■  their  pres- 
ence on  this  noteworthy  (occasion,  our  people 
will  give  public  testimonx-  of  their  interest  in  the 


124  SOUVENIR. 

work  which  so  nearly  concerns  their  own  spiritual 

welfare. 

With  the  approbation  of  His  Grace  the  Most 
Reverend  Archbishop,  and  with  the  consent  of 
the  Reverend  Rectors  of  the  different  Parishes, 
this  circular  has  been  prepared  for  distribution 
under  the  direction  of  the  undersigned  Committee 
of  Arrangements,  appointed  by  the  Most  Reverend 
Archbishop  to  supervise  this  important  ceremony. 

Very  Rev.  Mgr.  John  M.  Farley,  Chairman . 

Very  Rev.  Euw.  McKenna,  V.F..  Very  Rev.  D.  P.  O'Flynn,  V.  F., 
Very.  Rev.  Wm.  L.  Penny,  V.  F.,  Rev  John  F.  Kearney, 
Rev.  James  W.  Power,  Rev.  John  A.  Gleeson, 

Rev.  Albert  A.  Lings.  Rev.  Nicholas  J.  Hughes, 

Rev.  James  J.  Flood.  Rev.  Charles  R.  Corley, 

Rev.  M.  J.  Lavelle,  Rev.  N.  N.  McKinnon,  S.  J. 

Rev.  Andrew  Ziegler,  C.  SS.  R. 


fUr  ba«  ncue  @t.    3ofept)'§   Seminar    ju   a3alenttnc'« 

§i«,  bet  T)unn300bie  Station,   9Jen)-'^orf  (^itl)  unb 

^;)Jortl)ern  di.  JR.,   ©onntag,    ben  l7ten  9JJai, 

3  Ut)r   9iad)mitta9§. 
^alaft   bcS   tSi'sbifc^ofS,  452   SJ^abifon   5loenne. 

^3ten)=^^))orf,  ben  25tcn  Slpril,  1891. 
2ln  bic  tatljotifen  be«  (Sr5bi«tl)nm^  ^)ktU''?)orf : 

Seine  ©nabcn,  bcr  I)od)miirbiQ[tc  ipcrr  (Sr5bi[cf)of  labet 
f)icrmit  a((e  ^lall)o(ifcn  ber  X)ibcc|e  cin,  bci  bcr  C^H-unb= 
fteinlcgnng  fitr  ba^J  nenc  St.  ^ofcplA^  Seminar,  am 
Sonntag  ben  l7ten  ^OJ^ai,  nm  3  Ut)r  3Jad)mittag«,  ju  ii$a= 
lentine'^  |)iU,  bei  X)nnmoobie  Station  an  ber  Of.  9).  nnb 
9L  dl.  9t.   in  erid)cincn. 

Seine  (^nabcn  mirb  bie  feier(id)C  ^eremonie  oornei)men, 
nnb  bcr  berebte  (Sr5bifd)or  ^Jil)an  oon  %n)ilabclp^ia  mirb 
bie  Slnrebe  i)a(ten. 

SlUe  ©eiedi'diatten  biefcr  l^ibccfc  finb  offisiell  cingclaben, 
an  bcr  gcier  tl)cil5nnel)mcn. 


126  SOUVENIR. 

^cit  oeu  ©runbfteintciiiini]  unicrei-  fc^bncn  ^at^f:bralc 
t)at  fid)  uid)tv<  crcignet,  ba^  fiir  btc  SBoIilfaljrt  biefer  (Srj=- 
bioccfc  it)td)tii}cr  ttcirc,  a(ci  bcr  .Hnfaiii}  ^u  btc|em  ueueit 
Scintiiar.  iMcle  3al)i'<-  tt^'U]  finb  iinfcrc  '^riefter  in  bem 
^rei^-@emtHar  ,^u  Jro^  tjerangcbilbct  iDorbcu.  I^ic  Un^ 
bcqucmlii^fcit  ber  Vagc  fur  bcu  Si-jbti'diof  [olDO^l  a(^  fiir 
bic  ^]iirtcfter  l)at  c^  ratl)tid)  crfd^eiucn  laffeii,  btc  (5m|3fc()luu=^ 
gen  mib  ^Jtatt)fd)lagc  bed  .^ciUgeii  iionjil^  uon  Orient 
au«5ufut)rcn,  luib  imicrl)a(b  bcr  ©roujen  ber  ^tabt  '^teiu^ 
'3)orf  ein  Seminar  ju  baueit,  lueldjev^  uiiter  bcr  umnittel' 
bareii  'ituffid)t  bee*  (ir^bi|d)of^  ftcl)e  uub  bem  .Silerit<5  311- 
giincjtid)  fci.  Dc^l)a(b  iinirbc  ciix  fc^oncr  ^aupla^  311 
33atcntin'^  |)iU,  bci  ber  Stabt  ?)onfcr^,  jwei  iWeilen  t)on 
ber  norblid)cn  ©rauje  ber  Stabt  ^Xzx^'-'^^xl  cnDorbeii,  unb 
mail  bcabfid)tigt  barauf  ctn  (SH'biiube  311  errid)tcn,  baci  cine 
i)albe  :)J^iUioit  i:)ollari5  foftcu  foil. 

3eber  Jft'at^oUf  meij^,  luic  iiottjiueitbig  unb  luidjtitj  tu= 
genbl)aftc  unb  i3clel)rtc  ^^ricfter  finb  fiir  ba^J  geiftige  iffiolil 
be«  il5olfe<J. 

®ie  ^\xti)olifcu  in  bcr  gan3cn  '-Kelt  fe()en  c\<  batjer  gcrnc, 
ba^  bte  ^aubibatcn  fiir  ben  I).  '']3ric[tcrftanb  3n  i()rcm  ()o^eu 
iBerufe  irot)!  oorbercitct  lucrben,  unb  finb  fo  freigebig,  a(^ 
zi  mijglid)  ift,  nm  il^rcn  %^rieftcrn  bic  beftc  lir3ic(iung  unb 
^flcgc  3n  ucrfd)affcu. 

2lud)  ben  .stat()olifcn  bcr   (5r3biocefc  9ceJU'9)ort  ^at  biefc 


SOUVENIR.  127 

cble  i^reigebigfcit  nic  C5cfcl)(t.  'iiJtr  lucnticu  luiS  bal)cr  an 
2UIe  mit  bcr  33ittc,  bci  bicfcr  flro[?cii  A'cicrticl)fcit  ^u  er^ 
id)ciucn  itiib  it)r  5d)crf(ciii  bct^ntrai^cu  ',itm  Seminar,  ba<< 
ber  5to[5  bcvj  l)od)iinii-bti][tcii  (ir')bi[d)ofi^  imb  bcr  gaiijen 
(Sr^bidccjc  [citi,  imb  l)ct(ti]c  niib  tud)tii]cr  'i^ricftcr  licfern 
iDtrb,  iucld)c  bic  5tc(lcn  bcr  r)al)iiu-|C|d)lcbcncii  cinnc()mcii 
lucrbcii.  i^nrd)  tljrc  Wci^'niui^i't  bet  bici'cr  fcicrltd)cii  (^k= 
lei3eu()ctt  lucrbcii  mifcrc  ®(aubcit\Jgeno[icii  ciffcntUdjc^ 
3eugni^  ablegcn  imn  i()rcm  2(ntl)ci(ncl)nicu  an  bcni  'iL^crfe, 
bavj  bie  iBol)(fal)rt  il)rcr  5cc(c  |o  nal)e  ani]cl)t. 

Dicfccs  (itrcitlar  ift  nut  bcr  ®cncl)inignug  2ctncr  Wna- 
ben  bevJ  {)od)n)iirbtt]ftcn  (irUiifft'of^  v.\\^  init  ber  ^nfttm* 
nuuu]  ber  l)od)n)iirbti3en  'Jieftoren  ber  iicrid)tebeneu  T)tft* 
rifte  erlafjeu  luorben,  um  burd)  ba<J  unter^ctd)ncte  ^veft- 
(Sommtttee,  lueldjc^  Don  bcm  l)od)iuurbti]ftcn  ."p.  (Sr^bt|d)of 
^ur  ^)iei}etnng  bicfcr  l)od)und)tii]en  3ci'Ciiit)i'ic  ernannt 
njorbcn  ift,  unter  bai5  iluilf  oerbrcitet  ^,n  luerben. 

5i3ert)  9teD.  iUigr.  3ol)"  '-W^-  (^'ar(cl),  Chairman, 

^cri)  v*tieD.  (Sbiu.  yJK-.  Sienna,   '-B.  %. 
il5erl)   ^Jico.  T'eniS  "i^.   C'Alljnn,   ii3.    1^. 
2Scrt)  9?eii.   iiMn.   V.   %^cnnl),   5i3.   ^. 

^Jieii.  3ol}"  i^'-  -Hearnei). 
W'o.  3aniee(  '-11^,  ^J^onjcr. 
9^cD.  3o()n  21.  ©leefon. 
5)kD.   2((bcrt  31.   Vingg. 


128  SOUVENIR. 


3?ett.  (Sljarleg  9^.  (Sortct). 


LA   PRIMA  rilsTRA   DF.I.    N  l'f)VO  SF.MIX  ARIO   1)1  SANGIUSKPPK 

NELL"     ARCiniOCKSI    1)1    NUOVA    YORK.       AL  t  Ol.I.K 

VALENTINO   PRESSO   LA   STAZIONE   I)1:N\V()()DIK, 

dt'lla  fuiTovia  Now  Yurk  and  Norlliern. 

DOMENICA    17   1)1   MAGCilO   ALL    5    I'( l.MERIDI ANE. 

DAL   PALAZZO   ARCI VESCOVI  LK, 
452   MADISON   AVENUE, 

NEW  YORK   25  DI   AI'HII.E,   1  ,S;»  I . 

Al  popolo  Cat  to/ 1  CO  dcir  Arcidioccsi  di  Ntiova  York  : 
Sua  Eccellenza  il  Reverendissimo  Arcivescovo 
invita  tutti  i  Cattolici  della  diocesi  ad  esser  prc- 
senti  alia  posizione  della  prima  pietra  del  iiuovo 
vSeminario  di  San  Giuseppe  nella  Domeuica  17  di 
Maggio  alle  3  pomeridiane  nel  colle  X'alentino, 
presso  la  stazione  Dunwuodie,  della  ferrovia  New 
York  and  Noiihern.  La  solenne  ceremonia  sani 
compiuta  da  sua  Eccellenza  ;  e  I'eloquente  ed  eru- 
dite Arcivescovo  di  I-'iladelfia,  Mgr.  R\an  terra  un 
discorso.       Tutte  le  socieTa    Cattoliche    di  questa 

12(1 


I30  SOUVENIR. 

diocesi  sorio  state  ufficialmente  invitate  a  prender 
parte  alia  cerimonia.  Dalla  posizione  della  prima 
pietra  della  nostra  bellissima  Cattedrale  nessun  fatto 
fu  tanto  importante  per  il  benessere  di  questa  diocesi 
quanto  I'impresa  del  nuovo  Seminario  diocesano. 
Da  molti  anni  i  nostri  sacerdoti  sono  stati  educati 
nel  Seminario  Provinciale  a  Troy.  Ma  a  causa 
della  inconvenienza  della  localita  per  i  vescovi  e 
per  i  sacerdoti,  fu  giudicato  opportune,  per  effet- 
tuare  i  suggerimenti  e  i  consigli  del  santo  Concilio 
di  Trent'o,  fabbricare  nei  limiti  della  diocesi  di 
Nuova  York  un  Seminario  che  sara  soggetto  all'  im- 
mediata  vigilanza  del  vescovo  e  accessibile  al  clero. 

Un  luogo  ameno  e  stato  acquistato  nel  colle  Va- 
lentino nella  cittadi  Yonkers,  due  miglia  dai  limiti 
nordici  della  citta  di  Nuova  York,e  si  e  determinate 
innalzarvi  un  edificio  che  importera  mezzo  milione 
di  dollari. 

II  nostro  popolo  comprende  I'importanza  e  la 
necessita  d'un  clero  pio  e  dotto,  perche  il  sacerdo- 
zio  e  la  fonte  della  vita  spirituale  del  popolo.  Onde 
giustamente  i  cattolici  di  ciascun  paese  amano 
vedere  gli  aspiranti  al  sacro  ministero  rettamente 


SOUVENIR.  131 

istituiti  nella  loro  alta  vocazione,  c  niai  sempre  si 
distinsero  per  la  Ic^ro  generosita  nel  provedere  i 
loro  sacerdoti  con  ottima  educazione  con  ottime 
cure  per  qiianto  le  loro  circostanze  lopermisero. 

II  laicato  di  questa  diocesi  non  venne  mai  meno 
a  questo  nobile  spirito.  Xoi  adunque  facciamo  ap- 
pello  ad  esso  per  ajutare  i  loro  sacerdoti  accio 
rendano  questa  cerimonia  degna  di  loro  stessi  e 
della  grande  instituzione  che  si  va  a  inaugurare : 
anzi  di  far  si  che  cio  dia  occasione  ad  una  dimo- 
strazione  di  sincera  lealta  al  loro  amato  pastore,  al 
quale  sara  corona  di  gloria  I'aver  lasciato  un  Semi- 
nario  che  provvedera  questa  vasta  diocesi  di  un 
clero,  pio  e  dotto,  per  supplire  a  quei  posti  che  nel 
corso  degli  anni  rimaranno  vacanti. 

Colla  sua  presenza  in  questa  occasione  notevolis- 
sima  il  nostro  popolo  dara  publica  testimonianza 
del  loro  interesse  neH'opera  che  cosi  prossimamen- 
te  concerne  il  loro   proprio  spirituale  vantaggio. 

Colla  approvazione  di  sua  Eccellenza  il  Reve- 
rendissimo  Arcivescovo  e  col  consenso  dei  Reve- 
rendi  Rcttori  delle  differenti  parrocchie,  questa 
circolare  e  stata  preparata  per  la  distrii)iizione  dal 


1.32  SOUVENIR. 

sottoscritto  comitato  regolatore,  nominato  dal  Re- 
verendissimo  Arcivescovo  per  disporre  questa 
importante  ceremonia. 

Il  Kevekendissimo  Monsignoe  J.  M.  Fakley. 
Il  Molto  Rev.Ed.McKenna.V.F.,  Il  Molto  Kev.  D.  r.O'FL\NN  V.  F. 
"       "  William  L. Penny,  V.F.,  Il  Rev.  John  F'.  Kearney, 

Il  Eev  .  James  W   Power,  "        ■        John  A.  Gleeson, 

"      "        Albert  A.  Lings,  '•       '•        Nicholas  J.  Hughes, 

"      "        James  J.  Flood,  "       "        Charles  K.  Corley, 

"      "        M.  J.  Lavelle,  "       "         N.  N.  McKinnon,  S.  J., 

Rev.  Andrea  Ziegi.er,  G.  SS.  R. 


HOSF.   DK   I. A    l^RKMIKRK    IMKRKI.   DU    XOUVEAU   SEMINAIRF, 

DK  ST.  JOSKl'H,  A  \  AhKNlIN'K   HII.l,,    I'KKS   l.\  STATION 

DK    Dl^NWOODIF.,   CHEMIN    DK   FKR 

ItK  Xkw  York  kt  du  Nori>. 

DIMANCHK    17    MAI   A   3    HKURES  DK   I.'aI'RES  MIDI. 

ARCHKVECHH  452    MADISON    AVENUE, 

NKU    VOliK,   '25   AVRIL.    1891. 

A/Lr  L  (Xtliflliqiics  du  Dioc'csc  dc  Neiv  York  : 

Sa  grandeur  Monseigneiir  I'Aichcveque  invite 
tous  les  catholiques  cUi  diocese  a  la  j)()se  et  bene- 
diction de  la  j)reiniere  pierrc  dii  noiiveau  Senii- 
naire  de  St.  Joseph,  le  Dinianche,  17  Mai,  a  trois 
heures  de  Tapres-midi  a  V'alentine  Mill,  pres  la 
station  de  Dunwoodie,  sur  le  chemin  de  fer  de 
New  York  et  du  Nord.  La  solennite  sera  presidee 
par  sa  Grandeur,  et  Monseigncur  Ryan  I'eloquent 
et  savant  Arclieveque  de  Philadelphie  delivrera 
I'adresse. 

133 


134  SOUVENIR. 

Toutes  les  Societes  Catholiques  du  diocese  ont 
ete  officiellement  invitees  a  prendre  j)art  a  cette 
solennite. 

La  fondation  dun  nouveau  Seminaire  Diocesan 
peut,  a  juste  titre,  etre  regardee  comme  I'evene- 
ment  le  plus  importante  et  le  plus  digne  d'etre 
enregistre  dans  les  annales  religieuses  de  ce 
diocese  depuis  la  pose  de  la  premiere  pierre  de 
n6tre  magnifique  Cathedrale.  Pendant  plusieurs 
annees  nos  pretres  ont  ete  instruits  au  Seminaire 
Provincial  de  Troy.  Vu  I'inconvenient  de  la 
localite  pour  les  Eveques  et  les  pretres  il  a  ete 
reconnu  opportun  de  repondre  les  suggestions  et 
exhortations  du  Concile  de  Trente,  et  de  batir 
dans  les  limites  du  diocese  de  New  York  un 
Seminaire  qui  sera  sous  I'immediate  surveillance 
de  I'Eveque  et  accessible  au  clerge. 

Un  ravissant  site  a  et6  assure  a  Valentine  Hill 
dans  la  ville  de  Yonkers,  situe  a  deux  milles  des  li- 
mites Nord  de  la  ville  de  New  York  oii  Ton  se 
propose  d'eriger  un  batiment  dont  le  prix  sera 
d'un  demi  million  de  dollars. 

Les  fideles  comprennent  limportance  et  la  neces- 


SOUVENIR.  135 

site  d'un  saint  et  savant  clerge,  le  sacerdoce  etant 
la  source  de  leur  vie  spirituelle.  Aussi  les  Cath- 
oliques  a  travers  le  monde  aiment  a  voir  les  as- 
pirants au  Sacre  ministere  bien  diriges  dans  leur 
haute  vocation,  et  pour  cela  ils  se  sont  distingues 
de  tout  temps  par  leur  generosite  a  fournir  a 
leurs  pretres  la  meilleure  education  et  la  nieilleure 
direction  possible.  Les  laiques  de  ce  diocese  non't 
pas  failli  dans  ce  noble  ministere. 

Nous  faisons  appcl  a  leur  bienveillance  afin  qu'ils 
se  joignent  a  leurs  pretres  pour  rendre  cette  cele- 
bration digne  d'euxmemes,  digne  de  la  grande 
institution  qu'ils  inaugurent  et  digne  de  notre 
devoue  Pasteur  en  Chef,  dont  la  plus  haute  gloire 
sera  de  laisser  un  Seminaire  qui  fournira  a  ce 
vaste  diocese  de  savants  et  saints  pretres  pour 
remplacer  ceux  qui  dans  le  cours  des  annees 
doivent  inevitablement  nous  quitter. 

Par  leur  presence  dans  cette  importante  circons- 
tance  les  tideles  donneront  une  preuve  publique  de 
leur  interet  dans  ce  travail  qui  touche  de  si  pres  a 
leur  bien-etre  spirituel. 

Avec  I'approbation  de  sa  Grandeur  Monseigneur 


136  SOUl'ENIR. 

I'Archeveque  et  le  consentement  des  Reverends 
Cures  des  differentes  paroisses  cette  circulaire  a 
ete  preparee  pour  etre  distribuee  par  le  soussigne 
Comite  d'arrangement,  nomme  par  sa  Grandeur 
I'Archeveque  pour  presider  cette  importante 
ceremonie. 

Very  Hev.  Mgr.  John  M.  Farley,  Chairman. 
VekyKev.  Ewd.  AIcKenna,  V.  F.,  Very  Kev.Denis  P.  O'Flynn,  V.F. 

Very  Rev.  Wm.  L.  Penny,  V  Eev.  John  F.  Kearney, 

Rev.  James  W.  Power.  Rev.  John  A.  Gleeson, 

Rev.  Albert  A.  Linghi,  Rev.  Nicholas  J.  Hdghes, 

Rev.  James  J.  Flood  Rev.  Charles  R.  Corley, 

Rev.  M.  J.  Lavelle.  Rev.  N.  N.  McKinnon,  S.  J. 

Rev.  Andrew  Ziegler,  C.  SS.  R. 


SOUVENIR.  137 

Polozeni  zakladniho  kamene  noveho  seminare  sv. 
Josefa  na  Valentine's  Hill,  blizko  Dunwoodie  Station 
na  New  Yorske  a  Severni  zel.  draze  (N.  Y.  City  and 
Northern  R.  R)  v  nedeli,  dne  17.  kvetna  1891,  ve  3 
hod.  odp. 

Z  rezidenci  nejd.  p.  arcibiskupa, 

452  Madison  Ave. 
New  York,  dne  25.  dubna  1891. 
Katolickemu  obecenstvu  arcidiecese  Newyorske: 

Jeho  IMilost  nejd.  p.  Arcibiskup  timto  zve  vsecky  ka- 
toliky  diecese,  by  se  dostavili  k  slavnemu  sveceni  za- 
kladniho kamene  noveho  seminare  sv.  Josef  a,  v  nedeli, 
dne  1 7.  kvotna,  ve  3  hod.  odpoledne,  na  Valentine's 
Hill,  blizko  Dunwoodie  Station  (New  York  and  North- 
ern R.  R.).  Sveceni  bude  konati  J.eho  Milosf,  a  kiizati 
bude  vymluvnosti  a  ucenosti  slovutny  arcibiskup  lila- 
delfsky,  nejd.  p.  Ryan.  Vsecky  katolicke  spolky  po- 
zvany  byly,  aby  slavnosti  te  se  sueastnily.  Od  jjoloze- 
ni  zakladniho  kamene  krasne  nasi  katedraly  nebyla 
udalost  dillezitejsi  pro  duchovni  blaho  diecese,  nez 
zacatek  toho  noveho  biskupskeho  seminare.  Knezi 
nasi  az  dosavad  byli  vychovaui  v  provincionalnim  se- 
ininari  Trojskem.  Ale  poloha  toho  ustavu  nebyla  pi'i- 
liodna  ani  pro  arcibiskupa,  ani  pro  duchovenstvo  a 
proto  uznano  bylo  za  dobre,  vyhoveti  navrhu  a  pi'ani 
sv.  snemu  tridenskeho,  a  staveti  seminal"  v  same  die- 
cesi  pod  bezprosti'odnim    dozorem  biskupa  a  pi'istup- 


138  SOUVENIR. 

nejsi  vel.  ducbovenstvu.  Tim  umyslem  zakoupeny 
byly  krasne  pozemky  na  Valentine's  Hill  v  Yonkers, 
dve  mile  od  severnich  liranic  mesta  New  Yorku,  a  u- 
sneseno  staveti  velkolepou  budovu  za  pet  set  tisic 
dollari\  ($500,000).  Lid  nas  dobfe  pocbopuje  diilezi- 
tost  a  potrebnost  zboznebo  a  uceneho  knezstva,  nebot 
od  knezicli  zavisi  ducbovni  zivot  lidstva.  Proto  take 
katolicky  lid  po  celem  svete  ehce,  aby  cekanci  toboto 
svateho  uradu  patricne  byli  pripraveni,  a  ze  vsecb  ca- 
sil  stedrosti  se  vyznamenaval,  kdyz  se  jednalo  o  nale- 
zite  vyucovani  a  vychovani  knezstva.  I  katolici  nasi 
diecesi  v  obetavosti  nezustavali  pozadu.  Proto  i  nyni 
k  nim  se  obracime  s  prosbou,  aby  ducbovenstvu  napo- 
mocni  byli,  a  slavnost  tu  ucinili  hodnou  katolickeho 
obcanstva,  bodnou  velkolepebo  ustavu,  kteryz  ma  za- 
hajiti  a  hodnou  milovaneho  na§ebo  ncjvyssiho  Pastyre, 
jemuz  bude  k  nejvetsi  cti  a  slave,  ze  vystavel  seminar 
ve  kterem  pro  velkou  diecesi  tu  zbozni,  uceni  knezi 
budou  vychovani,  zpftsobili  zaujmouti  mista  tech,  kdoz 
dfiv  aneb  pozdeji  odstoupiti  musi.  Pfitomnosti  svou 
pri  slavnosti  te  lid  nas  verejne  dosvedci,  jak  mu  na 
srdci  lezi  dilo  duchovniho  blaha  jeho  tak  velmi  se  ty- 
kajici.  Se  svolenim  Jeho  Milosti,  nejd.  pana  arcibis- 
kupa,  a  s  dovolenim  vel.  spravci\  rozlienj^ch  osad,  o- 
beznik  ten  byl  pfipraven  k  rozdani  od  nizepsaneho  po- 
radaciho  vyboru,  jenz  Jeho  Milost  k  vedeni  slavnosti 
tistanovila. 


DE  EEKSTE  STEEN 
Van  Het  Xieuw  St.  Jozef  Seminarie, 

OP     V.^LENTINE    HEUVEL,    BY  DE  STATIE  VAN  DUNAVOODIE, 
STAD  NEW  YORK  EN  NOORDSCHE  SPOORWEG. 

Zoudag,     17en    Mei,     om    3    nur     namiddag. 
Aartsbisschoppelyk  paleis,  452,    Madison    Avenue. 

New  York,  25  April,  1891. 
Aan  de  Katholieken  van  liet  aartsbisdom  New  York. 
Zyne  doorlucLtige  lioogwaardigheid  de  Aarts- 
bisschop  noodigt  al  de  katholieken  van  Let  bisdom 
uit  ora  tegenwoordig  te  zjn  hj  het  wyden  van 
den  eersten  steen  van  het  nieuAv  seminarie  van 
St.  Jozef,  Zondag  den  ITeu  Mai,  ora  3  uur  na- 
middag, op  Valentine  Heuvel,  naby  de  Dunwoodie 
statie;  langs  den  New  York  en  Noordschen  spoor- 
weg.  De  plechtige  ceremonie  zal  door  zyne 
Hoogwaardigheid  voorgezeten  worden,  en  de  wel- 
sprekende  en  geleerde  heer  Aartsbisschop  Ryan 
vau  Philadelphia  zal  de  redevoering  uitspreken. 
Al    de  katholieke  genootschappen  van  dit  bisdom 


I40  SOUVENIR. 

Z}'!!  oflicieel  uitgenoodigd  geworden  de  viering 
by  te  wonen.  Sederfc  liet  leggen  van  deii  eersten 
steen  oiizer  scli(3one  hoofdkerk  is  geene  gebeur- 
tenis  belaiiqryker  geweest  voor  de  weliaarfc  van 
dit  bisdom  dan  het  begin  van  liet  nieuw  bis- 
schoppelyk  seminarie.  Gedurende  veel  jaren  zyu 
onze  priesters  gekweckt  geworden  in  liet  Pio- 
vinciaal  seminarie  van  Troy.  Docli  uit  rede  van 
het  ongemak  der  ligging  voor  den  Bisschop  en 
de  priesters  is  het  nuttig  geoordeelt  geworden 
de  aanbeveling  en  de  voorschrift  uit  te  voeren 
van  het  heilig  Concilie  van  Trenten  en  in  de 
grenzen  van  ons  bisdom  een  seminarie  te  bouweu 
hetwelk  onder  de  onmiddelbare  overzicht  van  den 
Bisscliop  zal  staan  en  voor  de  geestelykheid  ge- 
raakkelyk  zal  zyn  om  te  bezoeken.  Een  schoone 
grond  is  daarvoor  aaugekocht  geworden  ojj  Va- 
lentine Heavel,  in  et  kanton  van  Yoiikers,  twee 
mylen  van  de  noordelyke  grenzen  der  stad  New 
York,  en  men  heeft  voorgenomen  daar  een  gebouw 
op  te  richten  dat  een  half  millioen  dollars  zal 
kosten.  Onze  geloovigen  beseffen  het  lielang  en 
de  uoodwendigheid  van  eene  heilige  en  geleerde 
geestelykheid,  want  de  priesters  zyn  de  bron  van 
het  geestelyk  leven  des  volks.  By  gevolg  zien  de 
katholieken   der  gansche   wereld    geern    de    kandi- 


SOCl'RN/R.  14F 

daten  van  het  lieilig  ministerie  goed  onderwyzeii 
voor  bun  hoog  bcroep,  en  in  alle  tyden  hebben 
zj  zich  onderscheiden  door  hunne  orygeviglieid 
om  aan  hunne  priesters  de  beste  opvoeding  en 
de  beste  zorg  te  verschaffen  welke  bun  toestand 
bun  toeliet.  De  wereldlyken  dezes  bisdoms  zyii 
niet  ten  acbter  gebleven  in  deze  edele  geests 
gestelteuis.  Wy  roepen  daarom  op  ben  om  bunne 
priesters  te  belpen  deza  viering  weerdig  te  ma« 
ken  van  van  benzelven,  van  bet  groot  gesticbt 
betwelk  zy  inbuldigt,  en  van  onzen  zelfopoft'eren- 
den  Opperberder,  wiens  kroonende  glorie  bet  zal 
zyn  van  een  seininarie  nageluten  te  bebben  dat 
dit  uitgestrekt  bisdom  zal  voorzien  met  geleerde 
en  beilige  priesters  die  de  pbiats  zullen  nemen 
dergene  welke  in  den  loop  der  jaren  onvermydelyk 
moeten  verdwynen.  Door  bunne  tegenwoordigbeid 
by  deze  merkbare  gelegenbeid  zullen  onze 
katbolieken  eene  openbare  getuigenis  geven 
van  bun  belang  in  bet  weik  betwelk  van  zf)0 
naby    bun  eigen   geestelyk   welzyn   genaakt. 

Met  de  goedkeuring  van  Zyne  doorbubtige 
Hoogwaardigbeid  den  Aartsbisscbop  en  met  den 
oorlof  der  eerwaarde  Pastors  van  de  verscbillige 
parocbieu  is  deze  omzendbrief  uitgevaardigd 
geworden  voor    nitdeeling  onder  bet  bestuur,    van 


142  SOUVENIR. 

bet  ondergeteekende  komiteit  van  bescliikkingen, 
door  den  Hoogeerwaarden  Aartsbisscliop  benoemd 
om  deze  belangiyke  ceremonie  te  geleiden. 

Zeer  eerw.  Mgr.        Jolm  M.  Farley,  President. 
Zeer  eerw.  Edw.  McKenna,  Landsdeken. 
Zeer  eerw.  W.  L.  Penny,  Landsdeken. 
Zeer  eerw.  Denis  P.  O'Flynn,  Landsdeken. 
Eerw.  James  W.  Power.       Eerw.  John  F.  Kearney. 
Eerw.  John  A.  Gleeson.        Eerw.  Albert   A.  Lings. 
Eerw.  Nicolas  J.  Hughes.     Eerw.    James   J.  Flood. 
Eerw.  Charles  E.  Corley.      Eerw.   M.   J.  Lavelle. 
Eerw.  N.  N.  McKinnon,  S.  J. 
Eeerw.  Andrew  Ziegler,  C.  SS.  R. 


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